diameter

diameter is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A diametral plane.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

   Synonyms: diam

6. noun. a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)

Synonyms

diam

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