semidiameter

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
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19
Letters
12

Definition of semidiameter

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The apparent radius of a star etc, when viewed from Earth.
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noun

  1. The apparent radius of a star etc, when viewed from Earth.
  2. (archaic)A radius: half of a diameter.
    “[B]etweene the ſphere of Saturne and the Firmament, there is ſuch an incredible and vaſt ſpace or diſtance (7000000. ſemidiameters of the earth, as Tycho [Brahe] calculates) void of ſtarres: [...]”

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Etymology

From Middle English semidiametre, semydiametre, from Medieval Latin sēmidiameter, equivalent to semi- + diameter.

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