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RADIUS

Volume 9 · 51 words · 1778 Edition

in geometry, the semidiameter of a circle, or a right line drawn from the centre to the circumference.

In trigonometry, the radius is termed the whole sine, or sine of 90°. See Sine.

anatomy, the exterior bone of the arm, descending along with the ulna from the elbow to the wrist.