Diameter and Section

Diameter

Diameter noun - The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.

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Section and diameter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Section" instead a noun "Diameter".

Nearby Words: diametric, diametral

Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.

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Diameter and section are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Diameter" instead a noun "Section".

Nearby Words: sectioned, sector, sect, sectioning, sectional

entire	entire diameter	entire section
large	large diameter	large section

The Victorian-era section of the London sewer system is huge, with several million tons of brickwork and tunnels up to nine feet in diameter.

Source: Absurdly Spacious Sewer
There was once a drill bit which drilled square holes (the cross-section was a Reuleaux triangle, a rounded triangle of constant diameter).

Source: Cool, but Inefficient
The narrator is awed by watching the "Moskoe-strom" note see "Moskstraumen" in Real Life section, described as a gigantic whirlpool of "more than a mile in diameter", from a mountain top in the Lofoten islands.

Source: Mega Maelstrom

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