diameter
English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: dī-ăm'ĭtər, IPA(key): /daɪˈæmɪtɚ/, [-mɪɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
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.
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Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)
- a diameter
References[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros). Equivalent to dia- + meter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)
- diameter (length of diametrical chord)
- diameter (diametrical chord)
- Synonym: middellijn
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: diameter
See also[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch diameter, from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
diamètêr (first-person possessive diameterku, second-person possessive diametermu, third-person possessive diameternya)
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Further reading[edit]
- “diameter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diametere or diametre or diametrer, definite plural diameterne or diametrene)
- a diameter
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diameterar or diametrar, definite plural diameterane or diametrane)
- a diameter
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
diameter c
Declension[edit]
Declension of diameter | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | diameter | diametern | diametrar | diametrarna |
Genitive | diameters | diameterns | diametrars | diametrarnas |
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- English 4-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Geometry
- en:Graph theory
- en:Circle
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Geometry
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms prefixed with dia-
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Geometry
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from French
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- id:Geometry
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Geometry
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Geometry
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Geometry