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What does the word diameter mean?

1. A straight line connecting two opposite points on the surface of a more or less spherical or cylindrical body, or at the boundary of an opening or foramen, passing through the center of such body or opening. 2. The distance measured along such a line.

Usage examples for diameter

No. of Diameter of Bore. – Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Some of them stand over four hundred feet high, and are thirty feet in diameter! – Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Frank Richard Stockton
The diameter is seven inches, the weight nine to fifteen pounds. – The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown

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What does the word diameter mean?

Usage examples for diameter