diameter

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Although the Sun has a diameter roughly 400 times that of the Moon, it is also about 400 times farther from Earth, making both bodies appear identical sizes in the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The heat created by its beams can seal blood vessels just 2mm in diameter, about 5-6cm below the skin.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

One highly effective campaign recently asked you whether you could poke your finger through the hole, approximately the diameter of a golf ball, cut in the front cover of the leaflet.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

Hailstones, some with diameters of around 2 inches, also fell over parts of the city.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

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 leading threads are of the same angle as the thread on the bolt, but their diameters are 3⁄4 and 1⁄16th inch, which allows the nut to pass easily upon the bolt.

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