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diameter

straight line segment that passes through the center of a circle; its length
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Summary

diameter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,565 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • diameter is a type of line segment[2].
  • diameter is a type of physical quantity[3].
  • diameter is a type of length[4].
  • diameter is a type of geometric property[5].
  • diameter's Unicode character is recorded as ⌀[6].
  • diameter's Commons gallery is recorded as Diameter[7].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[8].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[12].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • diameter's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[14].
  • diameter's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2386[15].
  • diameter's different from is recorded as Q9395776[16].
  • diameter's has part is recorded as radius[17].
  • diameter's has part is recorded as antipodal point[18].
  • diameter's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
  • diameter's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as metre[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include line segment[2], physical quantity[3], length[4], and geometric property[5].

Why It Matters

diameter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,565 views/month).[1] diameter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] diameter is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q9395776
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → line segment, physical quantity, length +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39029, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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