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

  • (..) to save your stuck-up girlfriend? To start it, throttle... - I got it. - We have minutes to save this city. No, I've got minutes to get clear of the blast radius cause you don't stand a chance against these guys. - With your help, I might. - I'll open that tunnel, then I'm gone. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) Plane crash on an agency pull out of Uzbekistan, but.... It looks like it's him. And what...? What is this? It's a... fully primed neutron bomb... with a blast radius of... six miles. And who is capable of disarming such a device? Only me. Only you. Thank you, good doctor. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises