radian

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  1. noun A unit of angular measure equal to the angle subtended at the center of a circle by an arc equal in length to the radius of the circle, approximately 57°17ʹ44.6〞. See Table at measurement.

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  • "You're saying, what, that the image-shuffling that occurs while we rotate is tied to the real rotation, each shift being a hundredth of a radian or something Right"—he nodded—"although I don't know whether that kind of calibration would be possible." —  Cascade Point
  • Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications > —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • A radian is a measurement used to describe angles. —  Francis Shanahan[.com]
  • For a pair of identical spins is the mean time required for rotational motion of the pair of nuclei by one radian. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.) —  Discussions: Message List - root
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