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 prizes have a diameter of just over 3 inches and are less than half an inch thick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

Hundreds of steel cylinders, each of them six feet in diameter, were manufactured specially in Virginia and then transported by ship to the West German port of Bremerhaven.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau