Word Meanings - RADIUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
Related words: (words related to RADIUS)
- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - CIRCLED
Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - RIGHT
1. In a right manner. 2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth - EXTENDLESSNESS
Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale. - RIGHT-ANGLED
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. - EXTENDANT
Displaced. Ogilvie. - RIGHTEOUS
Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton. - CENTERING
See 6 - EXTEND
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter , a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. Note: This is extended - RIGHTEN
To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17. - DRAWN
See PATTERN - RIGHT-LINED
Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle. - CENTERBIT; CENTREBIT
An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3. - EXTENDIBLE
Liable to be taken by a writ of extent. (more info) 1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded. - RIGHT-MINDED
Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n. - RIGHT-HANDED
Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances - CENTERBOARD; CENTREBOARD
A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel - RIGHT-HEARTED
Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n. - RIGHTEOUSLY
In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously. - CONCENTER; CONCENTRE
To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge. - BRIGHT
See I - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - UNSPHERE
To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. Shak. - AEROSPHERE
The atmosphere. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - SHRIGHT
imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer. - COSMOSPHERE
An apparattus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe. - SELF-CENTERING; SELF-CENTRING
Centering in one's self. - UPRIGHTNESS
the quality or state of being upright. - OVERRIGHTEOUS
Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy. - INDRAWN
Drawn in. - AFFRIGHTER
One who frightens. - EMBRIGHT
To brighten. - WRIGHT
One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. He was a well good wright, a carpenter.