DIAMETER
\da͡ɪˈamɪtə], \daɪˈamɪtə], \d_aɪ__ˈa_m_ɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of DIAMETER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
By Princeton University
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the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A diametral plane.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A diametral plane.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A straight line through the center of a figure, dividing it in half; as, the diameter of the earth is 7,926 miles.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
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Straight line passing through the centre of a circle and terminated at both ends by the circumference; distance through the centre.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A line through the center, as of a circle or sphere, terminated at the boundary thereof; the length of such a line.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe