diameter
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And it has to come from a place that looks localized to the mouth, and it has to be the same diameter of the actor’s mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The heat created by its beams can seal blood vessels just 2mm in diameter, about 5-6cm below the skin.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
These fibrils were then combined with potassium hydroxide and formed into porous beads measuring about half a centimeter to one centimeter in diameter.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
Each structure measured roughly 10 to 20 centimeters in diameter.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
It continued to rain heavily, but they eventually found a huge tatajuba, a type of rubber tree, that was five feet in diameter around the base.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
It orbits extremely close to its star, only about three stellar diameters above the surface.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
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
Astronomers these days are really interested in sub-Neptune planets, meaning those with diameters larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
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
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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