diameter
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The bass society limits sonar users to one transducer, while viewing screens can’t have a diameter of more than 55 inches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
"It weighs 8.2kg, measures nearly 30cm in diameter and stands about 46cm tall - almost four times the size of a typical astrolabe from 17th Century India," said Carter.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
“I think it was a 10-foot diameter ... everything kind of flowed back from that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Saturn's magnetosphere is enormous, extending to more than 10 times the planet's diameter.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
The throat diameter that I had so carefully calculated and Mr. Caton and his buddies had so precisely machined was now an ugly, oblong, pitted abomination.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
They have up to 24 arms and can grow to diameters of more than three feet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Furthermore, different diameters of roller require different forms of cam to accomplish the same motion, or, in other words, with a given cam the action will vary with different diameters of roller.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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