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- Latinradius
- Englishradius
- English todayradian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Full definition →
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