garis tengah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of garis (“line”) +‎ tengah (“centre, central”).

• Sense of diameter, calque of Dutch middellijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡarɪs təˈŋah]

Noun

garis têngah (first-person possessive garis tengahku, second-person possessive garis tengahmu, third-person possessive garis tengahnya)

1. centerline: a line through the center that divides a shape into equal pieces.
2. (geometry) diameter: any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.

Synonyms

• diameter
• tampang

 

Further reading

• “garis tengah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.