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)
- centerline: a line through the center that divides a shape into equal pieces.
- (geometry) diameter: any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle.
Further reading
- “garis tengah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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