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diameter definition and meaning

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. A diametral plane.
n. The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock.
n. The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module.

Crossword clues for diameter

- A straight line on a circle passing through the centre point
- Distance across a circle
- I am kept in to deter thickness, in circle
- Straight line through a circle
- Thickness
- Transverse measurement
- Twice radius
- Width of a circle