Definition of diameters Diameters

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Noun Plural: diameters
diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
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		length a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
		r, radius the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
		caliber, calibre, bore, gauge a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
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)
		straight line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"

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

diameter (n.)
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.
diameter (n.)
A diametral plane.
diameter (n.)
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.
diameter (n.)
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.

diameter
Distance between the intersections of a circle with a straight line through its center

diameter
dī-am′e-tėr, n. the measure through or across: a straight line passing through the centre of a circle or other figure, terminated at both ends by the circumference.—adjs. Diam′etral, Diamet′ric, -al, in the direction of a diameter: pertaining to the diameter: like the opposite ends of the diameter (as in diametrical opposition).—advs. Diam′etrally, in a diametral manner; Diamet′rically, exactly.—Tactical diameter, the space covered by a steamer in turning 180° out of her original course. [Through Fr. and L. from Gr. diametros—dia, through, metrein, to measure.]

diameter
In geometry, a right line passing through the centre of any circular figure from one point of its circumference to another.
diameter
The angle which the diameter of a heavenly body subtends at any time, varying inversely with its distance. The true is the real diameter, commonly expressed in miles.

diameter
In both a military and geometrical sense, implies a right line passing through the centre of a circle, and terminated at each end by the circumference thereof.