radius (geometry)
→
radius (bone)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Catalan | |
| Lexeme | radi | |
| Meaning 1 | radius (geometry) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | radius (bone) | |
| Reference | DIEC2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | radius | |
| Meaning 1 | line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ong bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb | |
| Reference | OED | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Indonesian | |
| Lexeme | radius | |
| Meaning 1 | radius (geometry) | daerah bahaya gempa itu mencapai -- 50 km dari sumber gempa |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | radius (bone) | |
| Reference | KBBI | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | radius | |
| Meaning 1 | radius (geometry) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | exterior bone of the forearm | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | Cels. 8, 1. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | radio | |
| Meaning 1 | radius (geometry) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | radius (bone) | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||
Radius bone acts like the radius of a circle. It rotates around the ulna. The ulna acts as the center point to the circle because when the arm is rotated the ulna does not move.
Computer generated image of radius bone showing the comparison between radius bone and radius of a circle. (DrJanaOfficial / Wikimedia Commons)