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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The circumferential pitch is of course got by dividing the diametral pitch by π.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
The astrolabe, which consists of a circle divided into degrees, with a rotating diametral arm for sighting purposes, embodies their essential principle.
From The New Heavens by Hale, George Ellery
Thus, how many teeth in a wheel 36 inches diameter and of 3 diametral pitch?
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The advantage of discarding the numerator is, then, that we avoid the use of fractions and are readily enabled to find any arc pitch from a given diametral pitch.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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
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