diameter

First created in 1980 in the Mojave Desert, the work involved students spreading red, yellow and black pigment in a geometric pattern more than 600 feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

While they were only 80 years old, the largest averaged well over a meter in diameter at chest height, and some were more than 1.5m.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

For the Magic 8 Ball, it was figuring out how the answer block could float without developing air bubbles, since his version is about an inch in diameter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Upon arrival, the Fire Department located five separate spot fires, all about five feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Its self-winding clock told the time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, from a face seven feet in diameter.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

It orbits extremely close to its star, only about three stellar diameters above the surface.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

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

Astronomers these days are really interested in sub-Neptune planets, meaning those with diameters larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.

From Salon ● May 31, 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

The numbers given in table are the differences between the diameters of the adjacent steps on either cone pulley, and can be employed when there are either six or four steps on a cone.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose