radial
Definitions
adj
Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
The spokes on most modern bicycle wheels are tangential to the hub rather than radial.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre).
What is the relationship between arc length and radial length?
Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre).
radial velocity
Of, or relating to the radius bone.
Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.
noun
An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel.
An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel.
A radial tire / radial tyre.
Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.