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Dimeter vs Diameter - What's the difference?

dimeter | diameter |

As nouns the difference between dimeter and diameter

is that dimeter is a line in a poem having two metrical feet while diameter is any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.

dimeter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (poetry) A line in a poem having two metrical feet.
  • (poetry) A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.

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    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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