diameter

== English == === Alternative forms === diametre (chiefly dated or nonstandard) ⌀ (abbreviation) === Etymology === From Old French diametre (French diamètre), from Latin diametros, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros) (γραμμή (grammḗ)) (diametros grammē, “line measuring across”), from διά (diá, “across”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, dia- +‎ -meter. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/ (General American) enPR: dī-ăm'ĭtər, IPA(key): /daɪˈæmɪdɚ/, /daɪˈæmədɚ/ === Noun === diameter (plural diameters) (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the center of the circle; a chord that passes through the 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === circumference radius === Anagrams === Demetria, diametre, diatreme == Danish == === Noun === diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre) a diameter ==== References ==== “diameter” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros). Equivalent to dia- +‎ meter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdi.aːˌmeː.tər/ Hyphenation: di‧a‧me‧ter === Noun === diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n) diameter (length of diametrical chord) diameter (diametrical chord) Synonym: middellijn ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: diameter === See also === straal omtrek doorsnee == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch diameter, from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [dia̯ˈmɛtər] Hyphenation: dia‧mè‧têr === Noun === diamètêr (plural diameter-diameter) (geometry) diameter ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “diameter”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diˈa.mɛ.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈaː.me.ter] === Noun === diameter f (genitive diametrī); second declension (New Latin) alternative form of diametros diameter trānsversa et longitūdinālis ― transverse and longitudinal diameter diameter rēcta/conjugāta, oblīqua et trānsversa ― (pelvic measurements) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). == 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 == === Pronunciation === === Noun === diameter c (geometry) diameter ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === meditera