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A real life example of a diameter can be found in a "No Smoking" sign. The line crossing the image of the cigarette passes through the center of the circle. Hence, AB is the diameter.
A chord that passes through the center of a circle is called a diameter. In Fig. (i), the chord AB passes through the center O. Therefore, AB is a diameter of the circle O.
Properties of a diameter: (i) A diameter is the largest chord of a circle; (ii) All diameters of a circle are equal in length (in Fig. (ii) AB = CD); (iii) Half of the diameter is equal to the radius of a circle (in Fig. (ii) OB = AB/2); (iv) The diameter divides a circle into two equal parts, each part being a semi-circle. In Fig. (ii), the diameter AB divides circle O into two semi-circles called semi-circle ACB and semi-circle ADB.