diameter
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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
Each structure measured roughly 10 to 20 centimeters in diameter.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
"It weighs 8.2kg, measures nearly 30cm in diameter and stands about 46cm tall - almost four times the size of a typical astrolabe from 17th Century India," said Carter.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
“I think it was a 10-foot diameter ... everything kind of flowed back from that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
He’d brought the two coils of rope from the locker and he measured the diameter of them with the span of his hand and that by three and then counted the number of coils.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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
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
"From several micron diameters down to hundreds of nanometers, in a variety of materials, we're able to examine particle behavior, such as how they scatter or how their structures change upon impact."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
The neck diameters are around 5/6 to 4/5 of the mouths. a is somewhat greater through the body than it is high; b, nearly the same.
From Mohave Pottery by Michaell J. Harner
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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