radius
n
(pl -dii )
1 (length of a) straight line from the centre of a circle or sphere to any point on its circumference or surface 半徑(距離). =>App 5 見附錄 5. =>illus at circle 見circle插圖.
2 circular area measured by its radius 用半徑度量的圓形面積; 半徑范圍
Police searched all the woods within a six-mile radius/within a radius of six miles. 警方搜索了在周圍六英里以內的樹林各處.
3 (anatomy 解) outer shorter bone in the human forearm; corresponding bone in an animal's foreleg or a bird's wing (人與獸的)橈骨; 鳥翼中相當於橈骨的骨. =>illus at skeleton 見skeleton插圖. Cf 參看 ulna.
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收音機(radio)的 半徑有美國(us)那么大
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*['reidi?s]n. 半徑, 范圍, 輻射光線【電】 半徑
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①橈骨 ②半徑
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radion. 無線電;收音機;無線電廣播臺;無線電收發報機;
vt.& vi. 用無線電發送訊息;作無線電廣播;用X射線拍照;