adjective
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located on or forming a diameter
diametral plane
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a less common word for diametric
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of diametral
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin diametrālis < Latin diametr ( os ) diameter + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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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.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
On the other diametral side of the coupling the strain due to the key is exerted on the top face of the key.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
To find the number of teeth contained in a wheel when the diameter and diametral pitch is given, multiply the diameter in inches by the diametral pitch.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Supposing you wanted to know the number of teeth in a gear where the pitch diameter and the diametral pitch are given.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe
"Do you know a vortex filament from a diametral plane?" demanded King.
From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
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