Definition of radius | Bee Dictionary of English

n the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
n a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)
n a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius
they located it within a radius of 2 miles
n the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm
n support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

I knew this radius included a glorious fund of farms, ranches and fisheries, the Salinas Valley food shed that Steinbeck made famous in East of Eden.
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Until his arrest last Friday on kidnapping charges, Michael Devlin, 41, led a life that seemed limited to a three- or four-mile radius from the place he grew up, Webster Groves, an .

Hot Trailer: ‘Man Of Tai Chi’
Keanu Reeves ‘ directorial debut made a hot sale out of Cannes to Radius-TWC, which will release Man Of Tai Chi stateside later this year. Here’s the pic’s international trailer offering a peek at Reeves as the impresario of a Beijing underground fight club who taps a skilled tai chi practitioner (Tiger Hu Chen, Reeves’ Matrix stuntman and trainer) to battle on his deadly martial arts circuit:
June 13, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood
Walk highlights vulnerability of area's carnivorous plants
Draw a 100-mile radius around the Port City and you'll find the highest concentration of carnivorous plants in the world
June 11, 2013 - The Wilmington Star-News
Bank bomb threat closes 2-block radius in Stillwater
Authorities have cleared a two-block radius in Stillwater while they investigate a bomb threat following a robbery at a bank.
June 8, 2013 - KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Urban Meyer in Chicago Sun-Times
Once my kids are done, maybe some day I'll go coach there,Meyer told 560 WQAM. "I don't know that. That's way down the road. Being a father and being able to recruit the best athletes in America within a 5-hour radius of my home, that's...
Roy Keane in The Age
We have tough battles up here in terms of signing young players and are restricted in terms of our location,Keane added. "You can only bring in kids from a certain radius and a lot of our radius is in the water. Any good fish out there?"
Shannon Briggs in Hardcore Boxing
Tyson and Bowe, we all lived within a mile or two radius of each other,Briggs said. "I was an only child, but I was pretty much like a homeless kid. My mom became sick and she had a drug problem. I was, kind of like, in the streets. I...