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ra·di·al

 (rā′dē-əl)
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, or arranged like rays or radii.
b. Radiating from or converging to a common center.
c. Having or characterized by parts so arranged or so radiating.
2. Moving or directed along a radius.
3. Anatomy Of, relating to, or near the radius or forearm.
4. Developing symmetrically about a central point.
n.
1. A radial part, such as a ray, spoke, or radius.
2. A radial tire.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin radiālis, from Latin radius, ray, spoke, radius of a circle; see ray1.]
ra′di·al·ly adv.
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Adv.1.radially - in a radial manner; "an imaginative dispersal of the pews radially from the central focus of the pulpit"
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