diameter

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/
• (America) enPR: dī-ăm'ĭtər, IPA: /daɪˈæmɪtɚ/, [-mɪɾɚ]

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.
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.

Related terms

• diametric
• diametrically
• semidiameter

Translations

• French: diamètre
• German: Durchmesser
• Italian: diametro
• Portuguese: diâmetro
• Russian: диа́метр
• Spanish: diámetro

Translations

• French: diamètre
• German: Durchmesser
• Italian: diametro
• Portuguese: diâmetro
• Russian: диа́метр
• Spanish: diámetro

Translations

• Italian: diametro

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