diameter
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French diametre (French diamètre), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin diametrus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros) (γραμμή (grammḗ)) (diametros grammē, “line measuring across”), from διά (diá, “across”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
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.
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Danish
Noun
diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)
- a diameter
References
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: di‧a‧me‧ter
Noun
diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)
- diameter (length of diametrical chord)
See also
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
Declension
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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