diameter
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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
They are considered harmless to humans and are predominantly found sitting in large webs often more than a metre in diameter.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
By analyzing its length and diameter, the researchers assessed whether the bones could withstand the forces produced during hopping.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
It was a 184-pound aluminum alloy sphere twenty-three inches in diameter which the Russians called Sputnik—meaning “traveling companion” or “fellow traveler.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing diameter
Pi Day Vocabulary
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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