diameter
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With a steady hand, she manoeuvred a huge wind turbine section, five metres in diameter, across the yard.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
The device measures approximately 10 cm in diameter and 30 cm long and has a red anodised finish.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
The cost for treating oak wilt, or any tree disease that requires a fungicide injection, depends on the tree’s diameter at breast height, or DBH.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
"At the same time, changing and adjusting the diameter of the microdroplets containing a biologically active substance nanodose is only possible by varying the oil phase flow rate."
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2026
The cake was fully eighteen inches in diameter and it was covered with dark-brown chocolate icing.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing diameter
Pi Day Vocabulary
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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