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adj. - Related to or along a line that bisects each of a system of parallel chords of a curve

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Usage examples (13)
  • The diametral plane
  • They are the diametral opposite of a dream ticket.
  • You would proceed as follows: Let the diameter of the pitch circle be 10 inches, and the diameter of the diametral pitch be 4 inches.
  • 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.
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