diameter

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English

Alternative forms

• diametre (chiefly dated or nonstandard)
• ⌀ (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”). By surface analysis, dia- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: dī-ăm'ĭtər, IPA^(key): /daɪˈæmɪdɚ/, /daɪˈæmədɚ/

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; a chord that passes through the 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.

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Translations

See also

• circumference
• radius

Anagrams

• Demetria, diametre, diatreme

Danish

Noun

diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)

1. a diameter

References

• “diameter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)

1. diameter (length of diametrical chord)
2. diameter (diametrical chord)

   Synonym: middellijn

Descendants

• → Indonesian: diameter

See also

• straal
• omtrek
• doorsnee

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

diamètêr (uncountable)

1. (geometry) diameter.

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Further reading

• “diameter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. a diameter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. a diameter

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

diameter c

1. (geometry) diameter

Declension

Anagrams

• meditera