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DIAMETRAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diametral mean?
• DIAMETRAL (adjective)
The adjective DIAMETRAL has 1 sense:
1. related to or along a diameter
Familiarity information: DIAMETRAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Related to or along a diameter
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
diametral; diametric; diametrical
Context example:
the diametral plane
Pertainym:
diameter (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))
Derivation:
diameter (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)
diameter (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))
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