Kelime: di·am·e·ter Söyleniş:dI-'a-m&-t&r İşlev:noun Kökeni: Middle English diametre, from Middle French, from Latin diametros, from Greek, from dia- metron measure -- more at MEASURE 1 : a chord passing through the center of a figure or body 2 : the length of a straight line through the center of an object 3 : a unit of magnification for an optical instrument equal to the number of times the linear dimensions of an object are apparently increased a microscope magnifying 60 diameters - di·am·e·tral /-'a-m&-tr&l/ adjective