radian

🇺🇸 /ˈreɪdiən/ 🇬🇧 /ˈreɪdiən/
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A measure for angles. One radian is the angle made when you take the radius of a circle and wrap it along the edge of the circle.

The engineer explained that the machine's arm rotated 2 radians, which is a bit more than 90 degrees.

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n. A measure for angles. One radian is the angle made when you take the radius of a circle and wrap it along the edge of the circle.

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Plural radians