diameter

First created in 1980 in the Mojave Desert, the work involved students spreading red, yellow and black pigment in a geometric pattern more than 600 feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The largest trees in the thinned stands were 20% bigger in diameter than those in the unharvested control areas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

For the Magic 8 Ball, it was figuring out how the answer block could float without developing air bubbles, since his version is about an inch in diameter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But because the diameter of the Moon is 400 times less than the Sun's, they appear exactly the same size in our sky.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Windstorms over the years had knocked down pines and spruce trees and many of them were the right diameter to use for making a raft—six or eight inches and straight.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

Which is to say, Porsche invented an entirely new flat-six—different bore diameters and everything—just to clear 11 centimeters under the engine cover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Under extended exposure, the process produced nearly perfect nanodiamonds with a cubic crystal structure and diameters up to 10 nanometers, along with the release of hydrogen gas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2025

Hailstones, some with diameters of around 2 inches, also fell over parts of the city.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

PM 2.5 refers to the level of tiny, hazardous particles - with diameters that are 2.5 micrometres or smaller - that can enter bloodstreams though the lungs.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024

Several taps are made of slightly different diameters, the largest being of the required finished size.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose