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diameter

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Etymology

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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). By surface analysis, dia- +‎ -meter.

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Noun

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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; a chord that passes through the center of the circle.
  2. (geometry) The length of such a line.
    • 2005, David A. Stephenson, John S. Agapiou, Metal Cutting Theory and Practice, page 280:
      In cases without good face contact, the diameter of the toolholder at the front of the flange or the tool itself should not be any larger than the gage diameter of the toolholder shank from a bending stiffness viewpoint.
    • 2015 October 23, “Periconception Maternal Folate Status and Human Embryonic Cerebellum Growth Trajectories: The Rotterdam Predict Study”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD).
  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.

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Danish

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Noun

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diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)

  1. a diameter

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros). Equivalent to dia- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.aːˌmeː.tər/
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  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧me‧ter

Noun

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diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)

  1. diameter (length of diametrical chord)
  2. diameter (diametrical chord)
    Synonym: middellijn

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: diameter

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch diameter, from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dia̯ˈmɛtər]
  • Hyphenation: dia‧mè‧têr

Noun

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diamètêr (first-person possessive diameterku, second-person possessive diametermu, third-person possessive diameternya)

  1. (geometry) diameter.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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

  1. a diameter

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

  1. a diameter

Swedish

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diameter c

  1. (geometry) diameter

Declension

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Declension of diameter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite diameter diameters
definite diametern diameterns
plural indefinite diametrar diametrars
definite diametrarna diametrarnas

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