diamètre
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin, from Ancient Greek, analyzable as dia- + -mètre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diamètre m (plural diamètres)
- diameter
- le diamètre d’un cercle ou d’une figure circulaire ― the diameter of a circle or circular figure
- un objet sphérique de 27 centimètres de diamètre ― a spherical object with a diameter of 27 centimetres
- On obtient la circonférence d’un cercle ou d’une sphère en multipliant son diamètre par le nombre π [pi].
- The circumference of a circle or sphere can be obtained by multiplying its diameter by the number π.
- 1802, Charles Brillat, Pierre Bazaine, Métrologie française, page 249:
- Le bouge donne 9 [neuf] litres plus que le point qui correspond à celui du diamètre des fonds indiqué par la jauge […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “diamètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French diamètre.
Noun
[edit]diamètre m (plural diamètres)
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