English word diameter comes from Ancient Greek διά, Ancient Greek μέτρον
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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διά | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
μέτρον | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
διάμετρος | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
diametrus | Latin (lat) | |
diametre | Old French (fro) | |
diameter | English (en) | (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.. (geometry) The length of such a line.. (geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space. (graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph. |