Radial: A word with diverse meanings in medicine and the biomedical sciences: 1  Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm. 2  The radial artery is so named because of its proximity to the radius. 3  Pertaining to the radius of a circle.
A 3D model of ethyne (acetylene), the simplest alkyne. In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbonâcarbon triple bond. The simplest acyclic alkynes with only one triple bond and no other functional groups form a homologous series with the general chemical formula CnH2nâ2.
Asker's rating. 1  Cl- has the smallest radius due to the fact that atoms' radii get smaller as you go up and to the right in the periodic table. 2  F- has the smallest radius. 3  Sice flourine is in the lowest energy level so it has the lowest radius. 4  fluorine.