Radius

For the human bone, see Radius (bone).

In geometry, the radius of a circle or sphere, written as ${\displaystyle r}$,^[1] is the shortest connection between the center and the boundary. It is either the distance from the center to the perimeter (in the case of a circle), or the distance from the center to the surface (in the case of a sphere). It is half of the diameter.^[2] That is, when r is the radius and d is the diameter:^[3]

The radius of a circle

r = d ÷ 2

d = 2 x r = r + r

The relationship between the radius ${\displaystyle {\displaystyle r}}$ and the circumference ${\displaystyle {\displaystyle c}}$ of a circle is ${\displaystyle ~c=2\pi r.}$

The area ${\displaystyle {\displaystyle A}}$ of a circle of radius ${\displaystyle {\displaystyle r}}$ is ${\displaystyle {\displaystyle ~A=\pi r^{2}.}}$

Related pages

• Area
• Covalent radius
• Diameter
• Radian