radi
ray, spoke
Latin · radius
Radi words come from the Latin word for a ray or spoke. Light radiates outward like spokes from a wheel, and radius, radio and radiation all spread from a centre.
Memory trick
A bicycle wheel has spokes; radi is each ray reaching out from the centre.
Words from this root
- radius (radi + us) — distance from centre to circle edgeत्रिज्या
- radial (radi + al) — spreading like spokes from a centreकेंद्र से तीलियों जैसा फैला हुआ
- radially (radial + ly) — in a spoke-like patternतीलियों की तरह फैलकर
- radian (radi + an) — a unit for measuring anglesकोण मापने की इकाई, रेडियन
- radiant (radi + ant) — shining brightly; glowingदमकता हुआ, चमकदार
- radiantly (radiant + ly) — in a bright, glowing wayदमकते हुए
- radiate (radi + ate) — to spread out from a centreकेंद्र से बाहर फैलना
- irradiate (ir + radi + ate) — to shine rays uponकिरणों से प्रकाशित करना
- radio (radi + o) — a device that sends and receives wavesरेडियो
- radioactive (radio + active) — giving off harmful raysरेडियोधर्मी
- radiograph (radio + graph) — an X-ray pictureएक्स-रे चित्र
- radiotherapy (radio + therapy) — treating illness with raysकिरणों से इलाज