A diameter of the circle is any straight line drawn through the center and terminated in both directions by the circumference of the circle, and such a straight line also bisects the circle.
— Euclid Ancient

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Definition in 'Elements'

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300 BC

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https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/defI17.html

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