radiäre

Radiære is a Danish adjective meaning radial or ray-like. It describes things that extend from a center or spread outward along rays. The term derives from the Latin radius, meaning staff, spoke, or ray, and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages.

In scientific and technical usage, radiære is common. In biology, the phrase radiær symmetri denotes radial symmetry, characteristic of organisms such as jellyfish and sea anemones, which can be divided along multiple planes that pass through a central axis. In botany, radiære venation describes leaf vein patterns where the veins radiate from the base. In geometry and physics, radiære concepts appear in describing radial coordinates, radial distances, and radiative patterns or beams.

In architecture and design, radiære layouts describe spokes-like arrangements emanating from a central hub, as seen in rose windows and wheel-like plans.

The form radiære itself is one of the inflected forms of the adjective radiær; it appears in standard Danish grammar and is found in dictionaries and encyclopedic articles dealing with science and engineering.

See also: radial symmetry, radius, radial coordinate, radii.