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Diam vs Diameter - What's the difference?

diam | diameter |

As a noun diameter is

(geometry) any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.

diam

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • (label) diameter
    • \mathrm{diam}(X) := \sup \{ d(x, y) : x, y \in X \}

    diameter

    English

    (wikipedia diameter)

    Alternative forms

    * diametre

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.
  • (geometry) The length of such a line.
  • (geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space
  • (graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.

    • Related terms

    * diametric * diametrically * semidiameter

    See also

    * circumference * radius

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