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diameter
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diameter
a. a straight line connecting the centre of a geometric figure, esp a circle or sphere, with two points on the perimeter or surface
b. the length of such a line
diameter [dī′am·əd·ər]
(mathematics)
A line segment which passes through the center of a circle, and whose end points lie on the circle.
The length of such a line.
For a conic, any straight line that passes through the midpoints of all the chords of the conic that are parallel to a given chord.
For a set, the smallest number that is greater than or equal to the distance between every pair of points of the set.
diameter - The diameter of a graph is the maximum value of the minimum distance between any two nodes.


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