Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical: used especially in the physical sense.
- A number resolvable into two factors the sum of whose squares is a square. Thus, 120 is such a number, because 120 = 8 × 15 and 8 + 15 = 17.
- noun A diameter; a diagonal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A diameter.
- adjective Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical.
- adjective (Geom.) any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface.
- adjective (Crystal.) planes in which two of the axes lie.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or measured across a
diameter . - adjective
Contrary ;diametrically opposed . - noun obsolete A
diameter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective related to or along a diameter
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Examples
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They are the diametral opposite of a dream ticket.
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· D fuses (Diazed fuses - diametral two-step Edison screw)
8. Protective, control and supervisory systems as important additional equipment for power installations Frank Ponemunski 1991
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At the fifth round the breech block opened with some difficulty, and an examination showed that the resistance resulted from the diametral enlargement of the rear plate.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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You would proceed as follows: Let the diameter of the pitch circle be 10 inches, and the diameter of the diametral pitch be 4 inches.
Practical Mechanics for Boys J. S. Zerbe
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Such distance apart will be the measure of a diameter or a chord of the tube's section, according as the buttons have been kept in the diametral plane or moved out of it.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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-- To illustrate: If a gear has 40 teeth, and the pitch diameter of the wheel is 4 inches, there are 10 teeth to each inch of the pitch diameter, and the gear is then 10 _diametral pitch_.
Practical Mechanics for Boys J. S. Zerbe
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It will thus be seen that if you have an idea of the diametral pitch and circular pitch, you can pretty fairly judge of the size that the teeth will be, and thus enable you to determine about what kind of teeth you should order.
Practical Mechanics for Boys J. S. Zerbe
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Supposing you wanted to know the number of teeth in a gear where the pitch diameter and the diametral pitch are given.
Practical Mechanics for Boys J. S. Zerbe
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The previously ground and fined salt surface (this work is done the same as in glass working) is now placed upon the polisher and motion instantly set up in diametral strokes.
On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall
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"Do you know a vortex filament from a diametral plane?" demanded King.
Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular 1912
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