Meaning of “radial” in the English Dictionary

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"radial" in English

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uk /ˈreɪ.di.əl/ us /ˈreɪ.di.əl/

› spreading out from a central point:

› specialized medical relating to the area around the central part of the body

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› specialized medical relating to the radius (= the thicker of the two bones in the lower arm):

the radial artery

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radially

adverb uk /ˈreɪ.di.ə.li/ us /ˈreɪ.di.ə.li/

uk /ˈreɪ.di.əl/ us /ˈreɪ.di.əl/ UK also radial tyre, US also radial tire

› a tyre that has strings inside the rubber that go across the edge of the wheel at an angle of 90° rather than along it

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(Definition of “radial” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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