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Diameter vs Multifoil - What's the difference?

diameter | multifoil |

As nouns the difference between diameter and multifoil

is that diameter is (geometry) any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle while multifoil is (architecture) a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

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.
  • See also

    * circumference * radius

    Anagrams

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    multifoil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
  • See also

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil * octofoil * polyfoil