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1.nounThe long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
2.nounThe lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
3.nounOne of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.
4.nounA line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
5.nounThe length of this line segment.
6.nounAnything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.