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Table of contents
1 Etymology
2 Noun

2.1 Translations

1 German

1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Translations

2 Latin

2.1 Noun

Etymology

Latin radius, ray

Noun

radius (Plural: radii)

  1. The bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
  2. (Mathematics) A line segment drawn between a point on a circle and the circle's center.
  3. A measurement of the size of a circle, equal to the distance between a point on the cirle and the center.

Translations

German

Noun

Radius (Plural: Radien)

  1. One of the two bones in the forearm.
  2. (Mathematics) A line segment drawn between a point on a circle and the circle's center.

Translations

Latin

Noun

radius (Plural: radii)

  1. a ray of light.
  2. a staff or rod.
  3. a spoke of a wheel.

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