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radius

[rey-dee-uhs] / ˈreɪ di əs /


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“The attack surface is exploding. Every ungoverned asset and identity is multiplying the blast radius of AI exponentially,” McDermott told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Local is key to their ethos - they don't operate outside of a 20-mile radius and their only ambition for growth is helping others start similar projects.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Bavi had been on track on Friday to be the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan in more than 30 years, but since then its strong-wind radius has shrunk to 350 kilometres, Cheng said.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

If you walk around, like, a half a mile radius, you’ll see completely different worlds, no matter what direction you go, especially in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

A neutron star has a radius of about ten miles, only a few times the critical radius at which a star becomes a black hole.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

One possibility is the Milky Way's central bar, whose gravity may cause gas to accumulate at certain radii.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

After all, the observations employed to measure planetary radii cannot differentiate whether the determined size is due to the solid part of the planet alone or an additional dense atmosphere.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2024

For comparison, the main part of Saturn's rings sits at just three planetary radii from the gas giant.

From Scientific American Feb. 11, 2023

In simulations, the researchers included an object about the size of Iapetus, Saturn’s third largest moon, orbiting about 43 Saturn radii out—between the orbits of Titan and Iapetus.

From Science Magazine Sep. 14, 2022

It was all a question of the angle and radii at which the DNA strands twisted about the central axis.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

"We come at night because of the congestion," Patton said, noting that each truck requires a two-driver team to handle the city's turning radiuses.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Workers mapped out turning radiuses for buses, trimmed trees that would brush against bus windshields and painted dedicated bus lanes, she said.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2022

The leg profile drove the design of the rest of the piece, making soft radiuses on all the surfaces that contact the body while keeping a clean, flush profile on the exterior of the chair.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2016

Importantly, they also do the boring and ore calculations based on different radiuses.

From Forbes Nov. 6, 2012

People have all kinds of words for them now but basically it was two radiuses mixed.

From Time Magazine Archive




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