Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīametrāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīametrāl adj. Also dimetralle. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Diametric; ~ line, a diameter; (b) measured on a straight line through the center of a body (in any direction).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)18/15 : This lymbe shaltow deuyde in 4 quarters by 2 diametral lynes.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.177 : A man and the worlde be assimilate in iij thynges, in dimension diametralle or dimetralle [Trev.: in lengþe in brede and in dipnesse; L in dimensione diametrali], in disposicion naturalle, and in operation virtualle.