Radius (disambiguation)
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A radius is a straight line from the center to the boundary of a geometric object, especially a circle, sphere, or disk.
Radius may also refer to:
- Any of several concepts closely related to the above, including
- Radius of curvature, a measure of curvature in advanced mathematics
- Radius, a measure of the curvature of a stringed instrument's fingerboard
- Bend radius or minimum bend radius, the minimum radius one can bend a pipe, tube, sheet, cable or hose without damage
- distance from a point to the center of a polar coordinate system in 2D
- distance from a point to the center of a spherical coordinate system in 3D
- distance from a point to the z-axis of a cylindrical coordinate system in 3D
- Radius of curvature, a measure of curvature in advanced mathematics
- Radius (bone), one of the two bones in a forearm
- RADIUS, a network authentication protocol
- Radius (Chrono Cross), a character from the role playing game Chrono Cross
- Radius (computer), a computer hardware firm
- Radius (music ensemble), a musical ensemble specialising in the performance of contemporary classical music