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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Radius \Ra"di*us\, n.; pl. L. {Radii}; E. {Radiuses}. [L., a
     staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a
     divergent line.]
     1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of
        a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or
        sphere.
  
     2. (Anat.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium,
        corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust.
        of {Artiodactyla}.
  
     Note: The radius is on the same side of the limb as the
           thumb, or pollex, and in man it so articulated that its
           lower end is capable of partial rotation about the
           ulna.
  
     3. (Bot.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such
        plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See {Ray}, 2.
  
     4. pl. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The barbs of a perfect feather.
        (b) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates.
  
     5. The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.
        --Knight.
  
     {Radius bar} (Math.), a bar pivoted at one end, about which
        it swings, and having its other end attached to a piece
        which it causes to move in a circular arc.
  
     {Radius of curvature}. See under {Curvature}.