radial tire

noun

a motor-vehicle tire in which the plies or cords run from one bead to the other at right angles to both beads.

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Also called radial.

Origin of radial tire

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby radial tire

radial motion, radial nerve, radial paralysis, radial saw, radial symmetry, radial tire, radial triangulation, radial tyre, radial vein, radial velocity, radial-ply
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