Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for radius. Search instead for bahnradius.
Definitions

radius

[ray-dee-uhs] / ˈreɪ di əs /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The New York Post in August reported finding 77 in a single one-mile radius in Queens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ignat acknowledged that the new system had a small operating radius.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Yes, this particular region, about 24.3 cqurzots in radius, is definitely lower than the vast plains outside the depression.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The research team mapped where the 44,000 unsheltered people lived and superimposed those over maps of the theoretcial one-mile radius security zones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

They could be anywhere within a two-mile radius, although I can rule out the empty marsh as an option.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

As the atomic numbers of these lanthanides increase, the radii of their ions decrease.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

After all, the observations employed to measure planetary radii cannot differentiate whether the determined size is due to the solid part of the planet alone or an additional dense atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

As a class, such stars are among the largest in the universe, with radii up to 1,500 times that of our sun and masses of up to 40 times larger than our home star.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023

In simulations, the researchers included an object about the size of Iapetus, Saturn’s third largest moon, orbiting about 43 Saturn radii out—between the orbits of Titan and Iapetus.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 14, 2022

She turned back around, which took a moment because ponies do not have quick turning radii.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

"We come at night because of the congestion," Patton said, noting that each truck requires a two-driver team to handle the city's turning radiuses.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Workers mapped out turning radiuses for buses, trimmed trees that would brush against bus windshields and painted dedicated bus lanes, she said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

The leg profile drove the design of the rest of the piece, making soft radiuses on all the surfaces that contact the body while keeping a clean, flush profile on the exterior of the chair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2016

Importantly, they also do the boring and ore calculations based on different radiuses.

From Forbes ● Nov. 6, 2012

People have all kinds of words for them now but basically it was two radiuses mixed.

From Time Magazine Archive


Vocabulary lists containing radius

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com