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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
The length of such a line.
The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space.
The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.
Etymology
From Old French diametre (French diamètre), from Latin diametros, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros) (γραμμή (grammḗ)) (diametros grammē, “line measuring across”), from διά (diá, “across”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, dia- + -meter.
DIAMETER at a glance
DIAMETER has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + A 1 + M 3 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,130 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with diameter
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
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- VIAMETER13
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