Border radius is used to create rounded corners see the following.
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Above code fore border radius is equivalent to
border-top-right-radius: 20px;
border-top-left-radius: 20px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 20px;
or
border-radius: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
You can specify rounded corners with different set of values.
One : only one value set for all four corners
border-radius: 10px
Two values : * top-left + bottom-right and top-right + bottom-right , diagonally
border-radius: 20px 30px*
Three values: top-left , top-right + bottom-left , bottom-right
border-radius: 10px 30px 5px
Four values: top-left , top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left
border-radius: 20px 10px 15px 30px;
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You can even have different horizontal and vertical rounding
border-radius: 10px/30px /*Horizontal radius / Vertical Radius*/
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Few other example:
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