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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 diameterplay

  Familiarity information: DIAMETRAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIAMETRAL (adjective)


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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