diameter
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"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
With a steady hand, she manoeuvred a huge wind turbine section, five metres in diameter, across the yard.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Halfway to the ceiling, seemingly in midair, were five gigantic electric chandeliers, the largest ever built, each seventy-five feet in diameter and generating 828,000 candlepower.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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