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DIAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
Synonyms:
diam; diameter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("diam" is a kind of...):
length (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place)
Meronyms (parts of "diam"):
r; radius (the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diam"):
bore; caliber; calibre; gauge (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)
windage (the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun)
