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1. (n.) diameter
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
2. diameter
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
3. diameter
the length of such a line.
4. diameter
the width of a circular or cylindrical object.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME diametre < OF < L diametros < Gk diámetros diagonal, diameter =dia-dia - +-metros, der. of métronmeter1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) diameter, diam
the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
2. (noun) diameter
a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)
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1. (noun) diameter
a straight line through the center of a circle, or its length
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Diameter
any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve
2. (noun) Diameter
a diametral plane
3. (noun) Diameter
the length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock
4. (noun) Diameter
the distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module
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Sense: (the length of) a straight line drawn from side to side of a circle, passing through its centre
Could you measure the diameter of that circle?
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 Afrikaans: middellyn, deursnee |
 Arabic: قُطْر |
 Bulgarian: диаметър |
 Brazilian: diâmetro |
 Czech: průměr |
 German: der Durchmesser |
 Danish: diameter |
 Greek: διάμετρος |
 Spanish: diámetro |
 Estonian: diameeter, läbimõõt |
 Farsi: قطر |
 Finnish: halkaisija |
 French: diamètre |
 Hebrew: קוֹטֶר |
 Hindi: व्यास, मोटाई |
 Croatian: dijametar, promjer |
 Hungarian: átmérő |
 Indonesian: garis tengah |
 Icelandic: þvermál |
 Italian: diametro |
 Japanese: 直径 |
 Korean: 직경 |
 Lithuanian: diametras |
 Latvian: diametrs |
 Malay: diameter |
 Dutch: middellijn |
 Norwegian: diameter, tverrmål |
 Polish: średnica |
 Persian: قطر |
 Pashto: قطر (دايره): پرېړ والى پن |
 Portuguese: diâmetro |
 Romanian: diametru |
 Russian: диаметр |
 Slovak: priemer |
 Slovenian: premer |
 Serbian: prečnik |
 Swedish: diameter |
 Thai: เส้นผ่าศูนย์กลาง |
 Turkish: çap |
 Taiwanese: 直徑 |
 Ukrainian: діаметр; поперечник |
 Urdu: دائرے کا قطر |
 Vietnamese: đường kính |
 Chinese: 直径 |
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