The Collaborative International Dictionary
Radial \Ra"di*al\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*al), a. [Cf. F. radial. See Radius.] Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zo["o]l.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.
Radial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.
Wiktionary
n. A form of symmetry in which identical parts are arranged in a circular fashion around a central axis.
WordNet
n. the property of symmetry about an axis; "the starfish illustrates radial symmetry" [ant: radial asymmetry]
Usage examples of "radial symmetry".
So complete is this effective radial symmetry that a Krul observer does not and cannot locate a physical object solely by reference to her body.
It is near-blind, possesses sevenfold radial symmetry, is asexual, herbivorous, and lacks measurable intelligence.
The scape was full of birds and insects, rodents and small reptiles-decorative in appearance, but also satisfying a more abstract aesthetic: softening the harsh radial symmetry of the lone observer.
It had a simple radial symmetry, and lacked substance and tissue organization.
And an efficient body plan presupposes radial symmetry and a diffuse neural network with most of the brain at the center of the body, where it’.
Maybe his pantomimes couldn't work with creatures that had six limbs, radial symmetry, brains in their torsos, and, for all he knew, no lungs.
Leapfrogging very long distances was very simple and settlement didn't necessarily proceed outward in radial symmetry.
Leapfrogging very long distances was very simple and settlement didnt necessarily proceed outward in radial symmetry.
The basic design principle of the habitat interior was radial symmetry.
Not amorphous, like the other, but with a kind of jellyfish radial symmetry.
Were its tip to graze, as it had in the past, a layer of damp sand spread on the floor of the choir, each swing would make a light furrow, and the furrows, changing direction imperceptibly, would widen to form a breach, a groove with radial symmetry—.
Look at all the orphans of Old Earth, for instance -- same basic DNA, of course, but also the same basic plans: evolved from forms with tubular guts, radial symmetry, eyes, feeding mouths, two sexes .