Átmérjük

Átmérjük is a hypothetical Hungarian term used here to illustrate a prefixal verb form meaning “we measure across.” It is not a standard, widely attested lexical item in contemporary Hungarian, but it can serve as an example of how the prefix át- attaches to a verb and yields a first-person plural present tense. The base verb would be mérni, “to measure,” with the prefix át- meaning “across/through” and the suffix -jük marking the subject as “we.”

In linguistic and language-education contexts, átmérjük is sometimes discussed to demonstrate Hungarian derivation patterns, especially how prefixes alter meaning. Speakers would more commonly express the intended idea with established phrases such as mérjük ki az átmérőt, meaning “we measure the diameter,” or, in a broader sense, to measure across an object, “átmérjük az objektumot,” though the latter is less idiomatic in everyday speech.

In geometry and measurement practice, the noun átmerő or átlagos tartomány used for diameter is preferred, with the standard term for a circle’s diameter being ágár rövidítése? The substantive word for diameter is átmérő. In formal contexts, one would specify the diameter object-by-object (for circles, aorta? No) as the greatest distance between two points on the boundary, a precise mathematical definition distinct from everyday usage of measuring across an object.

See also: átmérő, mérés, geometria, mértan.