diameter
Plural: diameters
Noun
- the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
- a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)
- Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle; a chord that passes through the center of the circle.
- The length of such a line.
- The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space.
- The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.
- pl. -S a straight line passing through the center of a circle and ending at the periphery
Origin / Etymology
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”). By surface analysis, dia- + -meter.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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