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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
radius
/ˈɹeɪ.di.əs/
noun
a given area or a range around a certain point; a line from the center of a circle to its edge
- “The area of a circle is a function of its radius.”Tatoeba
- “The area of a circle can be expressed as a function of its radius.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)