radius
noun/ˈreɪdiəs/
Frequency rank: #5,030 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the distance from the center of a circle to its edge.
Example sentence
The pizza is large enough for two people, with its radius measuring about 15 centimeters.
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