radial

1. 1.

   pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing

   Synonymsradial tireradial-ply tire

   Broaderpneumatic tire

Other forms of radial

plural

radials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about radial

What does radial mean?

radial means "relating to or near the radius". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in radial?

radial has 3 syllables: ra-di-al. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪdiəl/.

What is another word for radial?

Close synonyms include stellate, radiate, radial tire, radial-ply tire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is radial a common word?

radial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.