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Meaning of 'diameter'
Meaning of 'diameter' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Diameter 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- A diametral plane.
- 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.
- 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.
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