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radian

noun
/ˈɹeɪdiən/

Etymology

From radius + -an.

  1. borrowed from radius
  2. suffixed as radian — “radius + an”

Definitions

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for radian. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA