Radian Definition

rādē-ən
noun
The basic unit of plane angle in the SI system, equal to 57° 17′ 44.8″ (57.29578°, the angle formed at the center of a circle by two radii cutting off an arc whose length is equal to the radius of the circle): one degree equals 0.017454 radian and 360 degrees equals 2π radians.
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Other Word Forms of Radian

Noun

Singular:
radian
Plural:
radians

Origin of Radian

  • radi(us) –an

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From radi(us) + -an

    From Wiktionary

Radian Sentence Examples

  • Radian measure Most people usually learn to measure an angle in degrees.

  • A definition of Q is " Energy stored in the cavity divided by energy dissipated per radian of oscillation ".

  • The leftmost column is column 0. TAN A function returning the tangent of its radian argument.

  • Keywords DEGREES By default, all angular inputs and keywords are assumed to be in radian units.

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Words Starting With

RRARAD

Words Ending With

NANIAN

Unscrambles

radian

Words Starting With R and Ending With N

Starts With R & Ends With NStarts With RA & Ends With NStarts With R & Ends With AN

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With N