radius

Definition

  • noun: a straight line from the center of a circle or sphere to any point on the outer edge
  • noun: a line segment extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or bounding surface
  • synonyms: line, circle

Examples

  • More than 100,000 students live 'within' a 10-mile 'radius' of the university. [=within 10 miles of the university]

  • There are three restaurants 'within' a one-block 'radius' of our apartment.

  • The new museum is expected to draw people from a wide 'radius'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Better yet, a pinch is a bomb without the bomb. When a nuclear weapon detonates, its electromagnetic pulse... ...shuts down any power source within its blast radius. It usually doesn't matter because a nuclear weapon destroys everything . A pinch creates a similar electromagnetic pulse... (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven