Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
United States
Very fast turnaround
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
Apr 28, 2010 16:14: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Petroleum Eng/Sci" to "Engineering (general)" , "Field (write-in)" from "metalurgy " to "metallurgy "
Apr 29, 2010 08:58: B D Finch changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 2, 2010 08:27: liz askew Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): mchd, Travelin Ann, B D Finch
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Proposed translations
radially
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-04-28 16:20:36 GMT)
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Radially convergent groundwater flow in sloping terrain ...
Radially convergent groundwater flow in sloping terrain / Ecoulement souterrain radialement convergent en terrain pentu. Authors: ROY B. LEIPNIK a; ...
www.informaworld.com/smpp/.../content~db=all~content=a91869...
(WO/2009/077475) LIGHTWEIGHT TYRE COMPRISING A CROWN LAYER ...
by L BESTGEN - 2009
According to the invention, at least one working layer is radially on the inside of at ... Selon l'invention, au moins une couche de travail est radialement ...
www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2009077475 - Cached
pourquoi pas??
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writeaway
: good grief, assuming this is the right answer/agree-where else could this take us, even in the engineering world. not really a "pro" level question as such
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Thank you! Well, I'd certainly like to hear what the alternatives are:)
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Carruthers (X)
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Chris Hall
: Nothing else springs to mind.
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Discussion
http://www.latin-dictionary.net/q/latin/radius.html
"angular" can also work sometimes in opposition to "axial".
oh yeah, and "radius" is "Greek-based", "rayon" as in "raisonner" - to reason
- but what seems simple for some, isn't necessarily the case for others.
Dictionaries give the term, you ended up giving an explanation.
I didn't take your comment personally..I "have a go", but, yes, this was rather an unusual one, to put it diplomatically:) Bye!
This utrasonic probe is sending waves radially into the (cylindrical) piece, while moving it slowly backwards and forwards axially to build up a 3D picture of internal defects.