diameter

noun/daɪˈæmɪtər/

Frequency rank: #3,780 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a straight line passing through the center of a circle from one side to the other; the length of such a line.

Illustration for the English word “diameter”

Example sentence

The diameter of this circle is ten centimeters.

Synonyms & related words

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