diameter
Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the center of the circle; a chord that passes through the center of the circle.
Other meanings
The length of such a line.
The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space.
Related words
- aerodiameter
- circumdiameter
- diameterwise
- multidiameter
- inner diameter
- inside diameter
- internal diameter
- major diameter
- minor diameter
- tactical diameter
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