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.
Related terms
* diametric
* diametrically
* semidiameter
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