diameter
English edit
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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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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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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Noun edit
diameter c
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Declension of diameter | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | diameter | diametern | diametrar | diametrarna |
Genitive | diameters | diameterns | diametrars | diametrarnas |
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- en:Circle
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- id:Geometry
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- nb:Geometry
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- nn:Geometry
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- sv:Geometry