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Diameter vs Dimension - What's the difference?

diameter | dimension |

In geometry terms the difference between diameter and dimension

is that diameter is the maximum distance between any two points in a metric space while dimension is the number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.

As a verb dimension is

to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.

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

    Anagrams

    * ----

    dimension

    English

    (wikipedia dimension)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A single aspect of a given thing.
  • A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
  • A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
  • (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
  • (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
  • (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
    • The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.
  • (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
  • (science fiction, fantasy) An alternative universe or plane of existence.

    • Synonyms

    * (single aspect of a thing ): aspect * (measure of spatial extent ): magnitude, proportion, size, scope * (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished ): attribute, property

    Derived terms

    * * * * correlation dimension * dimensional * dimensional analysis * dimensional shingle * exterior dimension * four-dimensional * fourth dimension * fractal dimension * Hamel dimension * Hausdorff dimension * information dimension * isoperimetric dimension * Kaplan-Yorke dimension * Krull dimension * Lebesgue covering dimension * Lyapunov dimension * multidimensional * one-dimensional * pointwise dimension * poset dimension * q-dimension * third dimension * three-dimensional * transdimensional

    Related terms

    * hyperdimension

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.