Radius

Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Noun 2.1 Translations 2.1.1 Translations to be checked 1 German 1.1 Noun 2 Latin 2.1 Noun

Etymology

Latin radius, ray

Noun

radius (plural radii)

1. (anatomy) The long bone in the forearm , on the side of the thumb.
2. (mathematics) A line segment between any point on a the circumference of a circle and its center/centre.
3. (mathematics) The length of the radius of a circle.

Translations

bone

German: Speiche f, Radius m

line segment

Dutch: straal f French: rayon m German: Radius m

length of this line segment

Dutch: straal f French: rayon m German: Halbmesser m

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing the numbers. The numbering is unreliable or incorrect.

• Bulgarian: лъчев а кост f (1), радиус m (2)
• Irish: ga

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German

Noun

Radius (plural Radien )

1. (anatomy) radius (bone)
2. (mathematics) radius (line segment)

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Latin

Noun

radius (rlural radii)

1. ray (of light)
2. staff, rod
3. spoke (of a wheel)