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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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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1. A straight line connecting two opposite points on the surface of a more or less spherical or cylindrical body, or at the boundary of an opening or foramen, passing through the center of such body or opening. 2. The distance measured along such a line.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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
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A straight line passing through the centre of a circle from circumference to circumference, and dividing it into two equal parts; the length of a right line passing through the centre of an object, from one side to the other.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The measure of a body through from side to side; a straight line passing through the centre of a circle, having both ends terminated by the circumference.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
