diameter

Alternative forms

• diametre
• ⌀ (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old French diametre (French diamètre), from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros) (γραμμή (grammḗ)) (diametros grammē, “line measuring across”), from διά (diá, “across”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

diameter (plural diameters)

1. (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.
2. (geometry) The length of such a line.
3. (geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space
4. (graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.

See also

• circumference
• radius

Anagrams

• diametre, diatreme

Noun

diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)

1. a diameter

Etymology

dia- +‎ meter

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧me‧ter

Noun

diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)

1. diameter (length of diametrical chord)

See also

• middellijn
• straal
• omtrek
• doorsnee

Noun

diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diametere or diametre or diametrer, definite plural diameterne or diametrene)

1. a diameter

Noun

diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diameterar or diametrar, definite plural diameterane or diametrane)

1. a diameter

Noun

diameter c

1. (geometry) diameter