diameter
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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
The largest trees in the thinned stands were 20% bigger in diameter than those in the unharvested control areas.
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
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
Protons and neutrons are about 10~12 centimeters in diameter.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
An artist's impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion behind, with the diameters shown to scale.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
Hailstones, some with diameters of around 2 inches, also fell over parts of the city.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
To avoid, as far as possible, this thrust the proportions between the diameters of the base circles d and e, Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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