Radius

radius



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直徑



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–noun, plural radii [-dee-ahy]  



1. a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter. (直徑)

2. the length of such a line.

3. any radial or radiating part.

4. a circular area having an extent determined by the length of the radius from a given or specified central point: every house [within] a radius of 50 miles.  



5. a field or range of operation or influence.

6. extent of possible operation, travel, etc., as under a single supply of fuel: the [flying] radius of an airplane. 

7. Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the thumb side. Compare ulna (def. 1). 

8. Zoology. a corresponding bone in the forelimb of other vertebrates. (脊椎動物)

9. Machinery Now Rare. the throw of an eccentric wheel or cam.

10. a rounded corner or edge on a machined or cast piece of metal.

11. Entomology. (昆蟲學) one of the principal longitudinal veins in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.





　

watching 

his people act [out] their moral comedies within such a [circumscribed] radius; 



the greatest art isn't so finicky, 

so tamped-down. 



tamp

用黏土(或沙子等) 填塞(裝有炸藥的洞口)

搗實(泥土), 砸緊;敲緊





tether

[at] the end of one's [tether]

This is [beyond] my tether

hilt

to play the role to the [hilt]

trawl

Kenzie goes [trawling] [for] the little girl through an underworld of 

troll 

cf. droll trot



shackle[s] (手)

fetter[s] (腳)

Boredom puts [fetter][s] upon the [imagination].

Séverine, Deneuve's character, finds that marriage is not the beginning of [contentment], but a key which [unlocks] the doors of her abusive past to 

allow her [imagination] to run [unfettered].



ambient 

vicinity

There are no stores [in] the vicinity of our house.  

Fray