Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diametral"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, a. [Gr. F. diam['e]tral.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Diametral \Di*am"e*tral\, n.
A diameter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

diametral
adj : related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane" [syn:
{diametric}, {diametrical}]


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