interradial

[ in-ter-rey-dee-uhl ]

adjective

1. situated between the radii or rays:

   interradial petals.

interradial

/ ˌɪntəˈreɪdɪəl /

adjective

1. situated between two radii or rays, esp between the radii of a sea urchin or similar animal

Derived Forms

• ˌinterˈradially, adverb

Other Words From

• inter·radi·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of interradial¹

First recorded in 1865–70; inter- + radial

Example Sentences

These latter are therefore, as their name implies, radial in position; while the basals and orals are interradial.

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Cunina (fig. 66) with more than eight tentacles; Cunoctantha with eight tentacles, four perradial, four interradial.

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All rings of the disk concentric, of nearly equal breadth, connected by four interradial beams, perpendicular one to another.

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Three gates of the cortical shell roundish, on the inside with an interradial spine, little broader than the quadrangular arms.

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From the inside of the same ring (probably on the side of the six ascending interradial beams) spring six centripetal teeth.

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