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diameter

[ dahy-am-i-ter ]

noun

  1. Geometry.
    1. a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
    2. a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
  2. the length of such a line.
  3. the width of a circular or cylindrical object.


diameter

/ »å²¹ÉªËˆÃ¦³¾Éª³ÙÉ™ /

noun

    1. a straight line connecting the centre of a geometric figure, esp a circle or sphere, with two points on the perimeter or surface
    2. the length of such a line
  1. the thickness of something, esp with circular cross section
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

diameter

/ »åÄ«-ă³¾â€²Ä­-³ÙÉ™°ù /

  1. A straight line segment that passes through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other.
  2. The length of such a line segment.

diameter

  1. A straight line passing through the center of a figure, especially a circle or sphere, and joining two opposite points on its circumference .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diameter1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English diametre, from Old French, from Latin diametros, from Greek »å¾±Ã¡³¾±ð³Ù°ù´Ç²õ “diagonal, diameter,†from dia- dia- + -metros, derivative of ³¾Ã©³Ù°ù´Ç²Ô meter 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diameter1

C14: from Medieval Latin diametrus, variant of Latin diametros, from Greek: diameter, diagonal, from dia- + metron measure
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Before he departed, however, he made sure his bat design was within Major League Baseball rules, that limit bats to 2.61 inches in diameter and 42 inches in length.

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Another notable event involved the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which was 66 feet in diameter.

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The chimney for sale has a diameter of four metres and was built in 1901 to replace an earlier structure.

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Opening and closing is done with eight large cogs, 1m in diameter, four on each side, which rotate.

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His team have been developed a testing technology which uses nanotubes - tiny tubes of carbon which are around 50,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.

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