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Definitions of diameter
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the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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A diametral plane. Webster Dictionary DB
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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A straight line through the center of a figure, dividing it in half; as, the diameter of the earth is 7,926 miles. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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The measure through or across: a straight line passing through the centre of a circle or other figure, terminated at both ends by the circumference. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Straight line passing through the centre of a circle and terminated at both ends by the circumference; distance through the centre. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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A line through the center, as of a circle or sphere, terminated at the boundary thereof; the length of such a line. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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A straight line passing through the centre of a circle from circumference to circumference, and dividing it into two equal parts; the length of a right line passing through the centre of an object, from one side to the other. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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The measure of a body through from side to side; a straight line passing through the centre of a circle, having both ends terminated by the circumference. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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