noun
- A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air.
- synonyms: roentgen
- Physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8. 3143 joules per kelvin per mole.
- synonyms: gas constant, universal gas constant
- The 18th letter of the Roman alphabet.
- The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere.
- synonyms: radius
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