Look up: Diameter

1. diameter
   [n] - 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) 2. [n] - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
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2. Diameter
   The length of a straight line passing through the centre of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference of the sample.
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3. diameter
   the distance across a circle, measured through its center. In the measure of pipe diameters, the inside diameter is that of the interior circle and the outside diameter that of the exterior circle.
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4. Diameter
   The longest chord of a figure. In a circle, a diameter is a chord that passes through the centre of the circle. See also: Circle, Radius.
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5. diameter
   A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle
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6. diameter
   the diameter of the circle described by the tips of the blades Category: Transport • drawing..is an operation/...increasing the length of the mass of the textile fibers and decreasing the -- of the ropelike form of these fibers. Category: Language and literature
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7. Diameter
   Di·am'e·ter noun [ French diamètre , Latin diametros , from Greek ...; dia` through + ... measure. See Meter .] 1. (Geom.) (a) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a...
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8. diameter
   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. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. diameter
   diam noun the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
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10. diameter
    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)
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11. diameter
    (di-am´ә-tәr) the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting opposite points on its circumference; hence the distance between the two specified opposite points on the periphery of a structure such as the cranium or pelvis.
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12. Diameter
    • (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. • (n.) The length of a straight line through the cent...
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13. diameter
    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.
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14. diameter
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-am′ĕ-tĕr Definitions: 1. A straight line connecting two opposite points on the surface of a more or less spheric or cylindric 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.
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15. diameter
    The diameter of a graph is the maximum value of the minimum distance between any two nodes.
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16. Diameter
    Diameter of the barrel described in inches. Term used to characterize the extruder.
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17. Diameter
    Diameter is the straight line drawn through the centre of a circle, and touching the two opposite points of the circumference. It thus divides the circle into two equal parts, and is the greatest chord. The length of the diameter is to the length of the circumference of the circle as 1 to 3.14159265...
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18. diameter
    Straight line joining two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre of that circle. It divides a circle into two equal halves
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19. Diameter
    A straight line passing through the center of a circle, and ending on both edges. Equal to 2 times the Radius.
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20. Diameter
    When applied to a wind turbine it is the diameter of the area swept by the turbine blades: the diameter of the Swept area. The blade length will be less than half of the diameter.
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21. diameter
    The length of a straight line that extends from one edge of a tumor or other object, through its center and to the opposite edge. It is usually used to measure the size of round or spherical shapes.
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22. Diameter
    In more modern usage, the length of a diameter is also called the `diameter`. In this sense one speaks of the diameter rather than a diameter, because all diameters of a circle have the same length, this being twice the radius. For a convex shape in the plane, the diameter is defined t...
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23. Diameter
    (protocol) `Diameter` is an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol for computer networks, and a successor to RADIUS. Diameter Applications extend the base protocol by adding new commands and/or attributes, such as those for use of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (...
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