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Diametral   Listen
adjective
Diametral  adj.  Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical.
Diametral curve, Diametral surface (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface.
Diametral planes (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie.






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"Diametral" Quotes from Famous Books



... wedge is introduced until a stoppage occurs through the contact of the buttons with the sides of the tube. Finally, their distance apart is read on the scale. Such distance apart will be the measure of a diameter or a chord of the tube's section, according as the buttons have been kept in the diametral plane or moved out of it. In order that the operator shall not be obliged to watch the position of the line of calibrating buttons in obtaining the diameter, the following arrangement has been devised: The sides of the measuring wedge are filed off to a certain angle, and the ends of the corresponding ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 • Various



Words linked to "Diametral" :   diametrical, diametric, diameter



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