26984 words

diameter

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
(the length of) a straight line that reaches from one point on the edge of a round shape or object, through its centre, to a point on the opposite edge:

Examples:

The diameter measures twice the radius.
in diameter The pond is six feet in diameter.
2
the distance from one side to the opposite side of a circle, measured by a line passing through the center of the circle:

Examples:

[ C ] We need a pipe with a diameter of about six inches.

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