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Diameter vs Windage - What's the difference?

diameter | windage |

As nouns the difference between diameter and windage

is that diameter is any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle while windage is drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.

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

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    windage

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (automotive) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
  • (ballistics) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot
  • (ballistics) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm
  • (medicine, dated) A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow
  • (chiefly, nautical) Exposure to the wind

    • See also

    *(wikipedia "windage")