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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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