radiusedadj.1
/ˈreɪdɪəst/, U.S. /ˈreɪdiəst/ With modifying adjective: (of a curve) having a radius of a specified kind. Cf. radius n. 4a.
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1870 Times 24 Mar. 7/2 The question of the practicability of constructing cheap railways of narrow gauge and short radiused curves to traverse the ordinary contour of the country.
1980 Early Music 8 504 It is a distinct block shape with a sudden tight radius of curve in the throat... Other ‘transitional’ head shapes are like their predecessors—open-radiussed throat curves under heads that are integral developments of the stick.
2001 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 10 Oct. 24 The gentle gradients, wide-radiused curves and vistas were so conducive for anticipating and planning your driving.
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radiusedadj.2
/ˈreɪdɪəst/, U.S. /ˈreɪdiəst/ Of an edge or surface: rounded-off; curved.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] > rounded or not angular
inangular1646
rounded1658
flowing1709
contoured1725
cornerless1793
bull-nose1858
globuloid1889
radiused1936
1936 A. M. Roberts Mech. Tests Engin. Materials 47 The bar rests freely on two rounded supports..loading being applied at the centre of the span through the medium of a radiused tool.
1954 Archit. Rev. 115 144/1 Radiused blocks are made for use at corners.
1975 Mariner's Mirror 61 406 A slightly more radiused stem rabbet where it meets the keel.
1995 New Scientist 5 Aug. 89/3 Naval architects specified circular portholes, and radiused corners for deck hatches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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