diameternoun [ C or U ]
uk/daɪˈæm.ɪ.tər/us/daɪˈæm.ə.t̬ɚ/(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:
The diameter measures twice the radius.
The pond is six feet in diameter.
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Geometry: parts of geometrical shapes
- angle
- axes
- circumference
- corresponding sides
- crosswise
- frustum
- hemisphere
- hypotenuse
- inclination
- line
- line segment
- node
- perimeter
- plane
- quadrant
- radius
- section
- side
- sin 1
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