DIAM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)