different between radial vs radioactive

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin radi?lis (“radial”), from Latin radius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?di.?l/

Adjective

radial (comparative more radial, superlative most radial)

1. Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre.
2. Moving along a radius.
3. (anatomy) Of, or relating to the radius bone.
4. (entomology) Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.
5. (botany) Developing uniformly on all sides.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

radial (plural radials)

1. A radial tire / radial tyre.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alarid, Ardila

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?di?a?l/

Adjective

radial (not comparable)

1. radial

Declension

Adverb

radial

1. radially

Romanian

Etymology

From French radial

Adjective

radial m or n (feminine singular radial?, masculine plural radiali, feminine and neuter plural radiale)

1. radial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

radio +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?djal/, [ra?ð?jal]

Adjective

radial (plural radiales)

1. radial
2. (relational) radio

Derived terms

Related terms

• radio

Noun

radial m (plural radiales)

1. (geometry) radian

Further reading

• “radial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• radio-active (dated)

Etymology

Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- +? active.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??e?dio??akt?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??e?dio??ækt?v/
• Rhymes: -ækt?v

Adjective

radioactive (comparative more radioactive, superlative most radioactive)

1. Exhibiting radioactivity.
2. (figuratively, rare) Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas.

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Derived terms

• nonradioactive
• radioactively

Translations

Noun

radioactive (plural radioactives)

1. Any radioactive substance.
   • 2016, Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson, On to the Asteroid

     Any ship nearby will receive a lethal dose of gamma rays, neutrons, and other radioactives.

Further reading

• “radioactive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• radioactive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Adjective

radioactive

1. feminine singular of radioactif