DIAMETER
Dictionary entry overview: What does diameter mean?
• DIAMETER (noun)
The noun DIAMETER has 2 senses:
1. the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
2. 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)
Familiarity information: DIAMETER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIAMETER (noun)
Meaning:
The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
diam; diameter
Hypernyms ("diameter" is a kind of...):
length (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place)
Meronyms (parts of "diameter"):
r; radius (the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diameter"):
bore; caliber; calibre; gauge (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)
windage (the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun)
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("diameter" is a kind of...):
straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature)
