radial

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of, relating to, or arranged like rays or radii.
2. adj. Radiating from or converging to a common center.
3. adj. Having or characterized by parts so arranged or so radiating.
4. adj. Moving or directed along a radius.
5. adj. Anatomy Of, relating to, or near the radius or forearm.
6. adj. Developing symmetrically about a central point.
7. n. A radial part, such as a ray, spoke, or radius.
8. n. A radial tire.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of or pertaining to a ray or a radius (or radii); having the character or appearance of a ray or a radius; grouped or appearing like radii or rays; shooting out as from a center; being or moving in the direction of the radius.
2. Specifically— In anatomy, of or pertaining in any way to the radius (see radius, 2): as, the radial artery, nerve, vein; radial articulations or movements; the radial side or aspect of the arm, wrist, or hand; the radial group of muscles; the radial pronator or supinator.
3. In zoology, rayed, radiate, or radiating; of or pertaining to the rays, arms, or radiating processes of an animal; relating to the radially disposed or actinomeric parts of the Radiata and similar animals. See cut under medisiform.
4. In ichthyology, of or pertaining to the radialia. See radiale .
5. In botany:
6. Belonging to a ray, as of an umbel or of a flower-head in the Compositæ.
7. Developing uniformly on all sides of the axis: opposed to bifacial or dorsiventral.
8. n. A radiating or radial part: a ray. Specifically, in anatomy and zoology:
9. n. The fourth joint, counting from the base, of the pedipalp of a spider.
10. n. In ichthyology, one of the cartilaginous rays supporting the median fins of elasmobranchs.

Wiktionary

1. adj. arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre
2. adj. moving along a radius
3. adj. anatomy of, or relating to the radius bone
4. n. a radial tire / radial tyre

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
2. adj. issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light
3. n. pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing
4. adj. relating to or near the radius
5. adj. relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius