diameter

diameter

English

Alternative forms

  • diametre (chiefly dated or nonstandard)
  • (abbreviation)

Etymology

    From Old French diametre (French diamètre), from Latin diametros, 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/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

    diameter (plural diameters)

    1. (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the 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

    Noun

    diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)

    1. a diameter

    References

    Dutch

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdi.aːˌmeː.tər/
    • Audio:(file)
    • 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

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    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 (plural diameter-diameter)

    1. (geometry) diameter

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    Derived terms

    • berdiameter
    • diameter jarum
    • diameter molekul
    • diameter parabola

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    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    diameter f (genitive diametrī); second declension

    1. (New Latin) alternative form of diametros
      diameter trānsversa et longitūdinālistransverse and longitudinal diameter
      diameter rēcta/conjugāta, oblīqua et trānsversa(pelvic measurements)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

    singular plural
    nominative diameter diametrī
    genitive diametrī diametrōrum
    dative diametrō diametrīs
    accusative diametrum diametrōs
    ablative diametrō diametrīs
    vocative diameter diametrī

    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

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    Noun

    diameter c

    1. (geometry) diameter

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