Talk:Radius (disambiguation)

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[edit] Deleted details

I've deleted these details since they are not really correct

Its variable is r, often in lowercase. The length of a radius is also equivalent to the magnitude of a vector. See also diameter, circumference, sphere.

Jorge Stolfi 15:25, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Should the geometric sense be the default?

Perhaps we should swap things around so that radius is the disambiguation page, and radius (geometry) is the article on the geometry concept.

The geometry concept may seem the most basic to us math/sci/eng types; but to medical folks the bone may seem more important. Putting the geometry sense as default seems rather "nerdocentric". What do you think?

Jorge Stolfi 03:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing an important meaning of this term!

This page should link to a page on the human skeleton! The radius is the shorter and thicker of the two forearm bones in many vertebrates.

==i like this

Can someone knowledgeable about this include this stuff in the article? Needs good diagrams. 203.218.86.162 15:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

The last paragraph of Radius does cover this meaning. If that is not detailed enough, you might make a request [[Talk:Radius|there]. It might deserve a line here on the disambiguation page. I may pop back and do that. John (Jwy) 16:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I also found a more advanced discussion in intrinsic coordinates and created a pointer to it here. Let them know at Talk:intrinsic coordinates if you want more information about it there. John (Jwy) 16:31, 28 May 2006 (UTC)