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1a straight line between the center of a circle and any point on its outer edge; the length of this line compare diameter
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- 2a round area that covers the distance mentioned from a central point They deliver to within a 5-mile radius of the store. Doctors wish to examine everyone living within a 10-mile radius of the factory.
- 3(anatomy) the shorter bone of the two bones in the lower part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist, on the same side as the thumb see ulna
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