radius — meaning in English

English meaning

• beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
• ray noun A narrow beam of light or other radiation.

Senses

radius is used for these senses in English:

• ray (botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.

beam — full definition

1. noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
2. noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
3. noun A wide, happy smile.
4. verb To smile broadly and happily.
5. verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.

ray — full definition

1. noun A narrow beam of light or other radiation.
2. noun A line extending endlessly in one direction from a fixed point (in geometry).
3. noun A flat-bodied fish related to sharks, with wide wing-like fins and a whip-like tail.
4. verb To spread outward from a central point, like light.

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