Synonyms for diameter
daɪˈæm ɪ tərdi·am·e·ter

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1. diameter, diamnoun

   the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

   Synonyms:
   diam

2. diameternoun

   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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1. diameternoun

   Synonyms:
   distance through the centre (as of a circle)

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1. List of paraphrases for "diameter":

   diameters, bore, dia

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1. Raquel Corniuk:

   We look at how it’s twisted. Is it twisted versus braided? We are trying to look at how many strands does it have, its twine diameter, mesh stretch size.

2. Lance Lenoir:

   Unfortunately, we are severely lacking in technology, it’s difficult trying to find something in a specific geologic region that is in a confined space that can be 4 feet in diameter and 90 feet underground.

3. Patrick Hartigan in a statement:

   On the evening of closest approach on Dec( ember) 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full Moon, for most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening.

4. Le Cun:

   There is an eight-foot buoy floating at the point of the intake piping, which has been in place since the plant opened, and states that people should stay 100 feet away. There are three intake pipes, which extend for a quarter mile along the floor of the ocean, and the one that the diver swam into is 16 feet in diameter with a protective cap.

5. Jim Jobling:

   It fires a shell that is about 3 inches in diameter, it could have been used as case shot, or shrapnel, on ongoing soldiers or sailors in rowboats.