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In geometry, the diameter of a circle is a line from one side directly to the opposite side through the centre. It can also be defined as the longest chord of a circle. The same explanations can be also used to describe the diameter in a sphere.
The letter d or the symbol ⌀ are often used as a symbol for the diameter.[1] The diameter's length is often called the diameter itself.
The diameter's length is twice the radius,[2] and therefore the relationship between the diameter's length and radius can be shown with the equations:[3]
[math]d = 2r[/math] and [math]r = \frac{d}{2}[/math]
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References
- ↑ "List of Geometry and Trigonometry Symbols" (in en-US). 2020-04-17. https://mathvault.ca/hub/higher-math/math-symbols/geometry-trigonometry-symbols/.
- ↑ "Basic information about circles (Geometry, Circles)" (in en). https://www.mathplanet.com/education/geometry/circles/basic-information-about-circles.
- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W.. "Circle" (in en). https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Circle.html.
