radii

[ rey-dee-ahy ]

/ ˈreɪ diˌaɪ /

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noun

a plural of radius.

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How to use radii in a sentence

In this puzzle, it so happened that the radii of the cups equaled the characteristic radius of the 2D Gaussian.
Can You Knock Down The Last Bowling Pin?|Zach Wissner-Gross|August 5, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
Their lower-arm bones, or radii, showed almost no loss, likely because these aren’t weight-bearing bones, says Gabel.
Six months in space leads to a decade’s worth of long-term bone loss|Liz Kruesi|June 30, 2022|Science News
The other lengths — 25, 33 and 39, shown below — represented values for A, B and C, the radii of those circular cross sections.
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Thus the radii of such a circle unite in a single centre by extremities similar to the distal and originating (extremities).
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That will put us about five radii, or half a million light years from the Galaxy.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
Those of the hedgehog contain a kind of real marrow, which is whitish, and formed of radii meeting in a centre.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
The mullions, or radii, are all faced with small pillars and capitals, and lined with the dog-toothed quatrefoil.
The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral|George S. Phillips
Two globes in contact will have a distance between their centres which is equal to the sum of their radii.
Time and Tide|Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

British Dictionary definitions for radii

radii

/ (ˈreɪdɪˌaɪ) /

noun

a plural of radius

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