In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any line segment from its center to its boundary. By extension, the radius of a circle or sphere is the length of any such segment. The radius is half the diameter. In science and engineering the term radius of curvature is commonly used as a synonym for radius.
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在一個圓中,從圓心到圓周上任何一點的距離被稱為半徑;在數學裡常以 r 來表示其長度。
在圓里,半徑與該圓的切線垂直。半徑等於該圓直徑的二分之一。在圓里,面積與半徑的平方的比值為π,即圓周率。
另,一個球的半徑即是任一過該球球心的圓的半徑。