6 Metaphors for radius

The radius is the shorter of the two bones of the forearm, and is on the same side as the thumb.

It is somewhat more than a semicircle, the radius being about one hundred and eighty feet.

And in particular he singled out for comment the following question, which was one of those set, "Using the term circle as extending to the case where the radius is a pure imaginary, it is required to construct the common chord of two given circles."

The "radius of measurement" is the distance between the front face of the revolving mirror and the cross-hair of the micrometer.

It is segmental, the radius being 169 ft., and the rise from springing to crown 24 ft., and the depth of the arch 5 ft. 3 in.

If a person walks four miles an hour, and is allowed one hour for passing from his home to his place of business, he can live four miles from his work; the area, therefore, which may be lived in is the circle of which the radius is four miles, the diameter eight miles, and the area 501/4 square miles.

6 Metaphors for  radius