noun
- plural of diameter; straight lines passing through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other
Examples
- The engineer measured the diameters of all the pipes in the system.
- These circles have different diameters but the same circumference ratio.
- The telescope can detect planets with diameters similar to Earth’s.
- We need to calculate the diameters of these spherical tanks.
- The tree trunks had diameters ranging from six inches to three feet.
- All the coins have standardized diameters for vending machines.