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Webster 1913 Edition

Diameter

Di-am′e-ter

Noun.

[F.

diamètre

, L.

diametros

, fr. Gr. [GREEK];

διά

through + [GREEK] measure. See

Meter

(Geom.)

(a)

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.

(b)

A diametral plane.

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

☞ In an elongated object the diameter is usually taken at right angles to the longer axis.

(Arch.)

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

Conjugate diameters

See under

Conjugate

Webster 1828 Edition

Diameter

DIAMETER

Noun.

[Gr., measure through.]

A right line passing through the center of a circle or other curvilinear figure, terminated by the circumference, and dividing the figure into two equal parts.

A right line passing through the center of a piece of timber, a rock or other object, from one side to the other; as the diameter of a tree, or of a stone.

Definition 2024

diameter

English

Diameter shown as a red line

Alternative forms

diametre

Noun

diameter ‎(plural diameters)

(geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.
(geometry) The length of such a line.
(geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space
(graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.

Translations

line

Afrikaans: deursnee
Arabic: قُطْر (ar) m ‎(quṭr)
Armenian: տրամագիծ (hy) ‎(tramagic)
Azeri: diametr (az)
Basque: diametro
Belarusian: дыя́метр m ‎(dyjámjetr)
Bengali: ব্যাস ‎(byas)
Bulgarian: диаметър m ‎(diametǎr)
Catalan: diàmetre (ca) m
Cebuano: latastid
Chinese:

Cantonese: 直徑, 直径 ‎(zik⁶ ging³)

Mandarin: 直徑 (zh), 直径 (zh) ‎(zhíjìng)
Czech: průměr (cs) m
Danish: diameter (da) c
Dutch: middellijn (nl) f, diameter (nl) m
Esperanto: diametro
Estonian: diameeter
Finnish: halkaisija (fi)
French: diamètre (fr) m
Galician: diámetro m
Georgian: დიამეტრი ‎(diameṭri)
German: Durchmesser (de) m
Greek: διάμετρος (el) f ‎(diámetros)
Gujarati: વ્યાસ (gu) ‎(vyās)
Haitian Creole: dyamèt
Hebrew: קוטר (he) m ‎(qot'er)
Hindi: व्यास (hi) ‎(vyās)
Hungarian: átmérő (hu)
Icelandic: þvermál (is) n
Ido: diametro (io)
Indonesian: diameter (id)
Irish: lárlíne f
Italian: diametro (it) m
Japanese: 直径 (ja) ‎(ちょっけい, chokkei)
Korean: 지름 (ko) ‎(jireum)

Latin: line
Latvian: diametrs m
Lithuanian: diametras m
Luxembourgish: Duerchmiesser (lb)
Macedonian: дијаметар m ‎(dijamétar), пречник m ‎(préčnik)
Malay: garis pusat, diameter
Maori: whitianga
Marathi: व्यास ‎(vyās)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: diameter (no) m

Nynorsk: diameter (nn) m
Persian: قطر (fa) ‎(qotr)
Polish: średnica (pl) f
Portuguese: diâmetro (pt) m
Romanian: diametru (ro)
Russian: диа́метр (ru) m ‎(diámetr), попере́чник (ru) m ‎(poperéčnik)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: пречник m, промјер m

Roman: prečnik (sh) m, promjer (sh) m
Slovak: priemer m
Slovene: premer (sl) m
Spanish: diámetro (es) m
Swahili: kipenyo (sw)
Swedish: diameter (sv) c
Tagalog: bantod
Thai: เส้นผ่านศูนย์กลาง ‎(sen-phan-sun-klang)
Turkish: çap (tr)
Ukrainian: діáметр m ‎(diámetr)
Urdu: قطر ‎(qotr)
Vietnamese: đường kính (vi)
Welsh: diamedr m
Yiddish: דיאמעטער m ‎(diameter)

length of this line

Arabic: قُطْر (ar) m ‎(quṭr)
Armenian: տրամագիծ (hy) ‎(tramagic)
Bengali: ব্যাস ‎(byas)
Catalan: diàmetre (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 直徑, 直径 ‎(zik⁶ ging³)

Mandarin: 直徑 (zh), 直径 (zh) ‎(zhíjìng)
Czech: průměr (cs) m
Danish: diameter (da) c
Dutch: diameter (nl) m, doorsnede (nl) m, f
Finnish: läpimitta (fi)
French: diamètre (fr) m
German: Durchmesser (de) m
Greek: διάμετρος (el) f ‎(diámetros)
Haitian Creole: dyamèt
Hebrew: קוטר (he) m ‎(qot'er)
Hindi: व्यास (hi) ‎(vyās)
Irish: trastomhas m

Italian: diametro (it) m
Japanese: 直径 (ja) ‎(ちょっけい, chokkei)
Korean: 직경 ‎(jik-gyeong)
Macedonian: дијаметар m ‎(dijamétar), пречник m ‎(préčnik)
Malay: garis pusat, diameter
Norwegian:

Bokmål: diameter (no) m

Nynorsk: diameter (nn) m
Portuguese: diâmetro (pt) m
Russian: диа́метр (ru) m ‎(diámetr)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: пречник m

Roman: prečnik (sh) m
Spanish: diámetro (es) m
Swahili: kipenyo (sw)
Swedish: diameter (sv) c
Tagalog: bantod
Welsh: diamedr m

Related terms

Anagrams

diatreme

Danish

Noun

diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)

a diameter

References

“diameter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: di‧a‧me‧ter

Etymology

dia- +‎ meter

Noun

diameter m ‎(plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)

diameter (length of diametrical chord)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

a diameter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

a diameter

Swedish

Noun

diameter c

(geometry) diameter

Declension

Declension of diameter

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diameter	diametern	diametrar	diametrarna
genitive	diameters	diameterns	diametrars	diametrarnas

Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Diameter

Di-am′e-ter

Webster 1828 Edition

Diameter

DIAMETER

Definition 2024

diameter

diameter

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Translations

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Noun

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Swedish

Noun

Declension

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