Diameter

In geometry, the diameter of a circle is a line from one side directly to the opposite side through the center. 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.

Diameter of a circle

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]

${\displaystyle d=2r}$ and ${\displaystyle r={\frac {d}{2}}}$

Related pages

• Circumference
• Pi