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Diameter shown as a red line

Alternative forms

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

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).

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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.
  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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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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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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Noun

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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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Noun

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diameter c

  1. (geometry) diameter

Declension

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Declension of diameter 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diameter diametern diametrar diametrarna
Genitive diameters diameterns diametrars diametrarnas

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