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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

By carefully controlling the laser's power and beam diameter, the researchers can ionize a narrow region of air, stripping electrons from atoms and molecules to produce plasma.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

Upon arrival, the Fire Department located five separate spot fires, all about five feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

At its peak, roughly 93% of the Moon's diameter will be covered, making the event look close to a total eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The size of the universe is, to be a little generous, a sphere about 40 billion light-years in diameter.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

An artist's impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion behind, with the diameters shown to scale.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

The diameters of these channels are five times thinner than a human hair.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024

Suppose now that h remains stationary while a revolves, then motion will be transmitted through b to c, and this motion will be constant and in proportion to the relative diameters of a and c.

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