diameter
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: dī-ăm'ĭtər, IPA(key): /daɪˈæmɪɾɚ/, /daɪˈæməɾɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]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; 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.
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[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]diameter c (singular definite diameteren, plural indefinite diametre)
- a diameter
References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros). Equivalent to dia- + meter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diameter m (plural diameters, diminutive diametertje n)
- diameter (length of diametrical chord)
- diameter (diametrical chord)
- Synonym: middellijn
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: diameter
See also
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch diameter, from French diamètre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diamètêr (first-person possessive diameterku, second-person possessive diametermu, third-person possessive diameternya)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “diameter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diametere or diametre or diametrer, definite plural diameterne or diametrene)
- a diameter
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diameterar or diametrar, definite plural diameterane or diametrane)
- a diameter
Swedish
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Noun
[edit]diameter c
Declension
[edit]Declension of diameter | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | diameter | diametern | diametrar | diametrarna |
Genitive | diameters | diameterns | diametrars | diametrarnas |
Anagrams
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- en:Geometry
- en:Graph theory
- en:Circle
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- da:Geometry
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- nl:Geometry
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- id:Geometry
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- nb:Geometry
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- nn:Geometry
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- sv:Geometry