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diameter

[dahy-am-i-ter] / daɪˈæm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measurement across object
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“I think it was a 10-foot diameter ... everything kind of flowed back from that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Handling both the charge and recharge cycles is a reactor about 15 inches in diameter and 8 feet tall that can generate around 100 kilowatts of heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

This layer leaves only a circular opening with a diameter of 200 nanometers at the center.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Similarly, supermarket apples are typically around three inches in diameter, wild apples only one inch.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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