diameter

noun
/daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/UK/daɪˈæmɪdɚ/US

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.

  1. derived from diametros
  2. derived from diametre

Definitions

  1. Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through…

    Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle; a chord that passes through the center of the circle.

  2. The length of such a line.

    • In cases without good face contact, the diameter of the toolholder at the front of the flange or the tool itself should not be any larger than the gage diameter of the toolholder shank from a bending stiffness viewpoint.
    • Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD).
  3. The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diameter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at diameter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at diameter

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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