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radial

[ray-dee-uhl] / ˈreɪ di əl /


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"It's a cautionary tale about how stellar activity can mimic planet signals using the radial velocity."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

One examined metabolism, while the other explored neural connections, yet both showed that radial glia do not make their decisions in isolation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

That’s where the group’s volunteers work in concert with Southern California Gas crews patching the scores of potholes created by extreme nature, not by radial tires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The Warwick team, working with astronomers from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, was interested in the four nearby systems because of a "substantial radial wobble".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

She left the radial lines alone, as they were needed for support.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

Typically the end of the pectoral fin skeleton contains small bones called radials that support the rodlike fin rays.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2020

The book focusses on six designs: arcs or waves, meanders, spirals, radials or explosions, cells and networks, and fractals.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2019

The federal government poured money into the brand new interstate system, encouraging radials, arteries and thoroughfares through dense urban neighbourhoods.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2018

In the deep violet light at 70 feet, the sight is shocking: steel-belted radials covering an area the size of 27 football fields.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2016

The eye itself is blue, with white lines radiating from the centre almost to the letters themselves: these letters do not slope exactly in the direction that the radials extend from the centre.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe


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