Radial \Ra"di*al\, a. [Cf. F. radial. See {Radius}.] Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zo["o]l.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. {Radial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}.
radial symmetry n : the property of symmetry about an axis; "the starfish illustrates radial symmetry" [ant: {radial asymmetry}]