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Definition of Diameter

1. Noun. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.

2. Noun. 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).

Definition of Diameter

1. n. Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.

Definition of Diameter

1. a straight line passing through the center of a circle and ending at the periphery [n -S]

Medical Definition of Diameter

1. The length of a straight line passing through the centre of a circle and connecting opposite points on its circumference, hence the distance between two specified opposite points on the periphery of a structure such as the cranium or pelvis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diameter

diam diamagnet diamagnet diamagnetic diamagnetic diamagnetically diamagnetic effects diamagnetism diamagnetism diamagnetisms

diamagnets diamante diamantes diamantine diameter (current term) diameter (current term) diameters diameter at breast height diameter mediana diameter obliqua

diameter transversa diametral diametral diametric diametrical diametrical diametrically diametrical opposition diamfenetide diamide

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