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diameter

[dahy-am-i-ter] / daɪˈæm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measurement across object
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Upon arrival, the Fire Department located five separate spot fires, all about five feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

When the Kimberly-Clark team studied it, the length of its fibers and their slender diameter stood out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

The grip of the strong force reaches out only to about 1/100,000 of the diameter of an atom.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

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

The larger, so-called coarse particles, have diameters between 2.5 and 10 micrometers; some examples of this type of particulate matter include wind-blown dust, fly ash and animal or vegetal particles.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023

Holes extending nearly through the lower plank and of various sizes to accommodate vials of different diameters were bored as closely together as the wood justified without splitting or breaking.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley




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