diameter

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

At the eclipse's maximum point, about 93% of the Moon's diameter will lie within Earth's dark central shadow, known as the umbra.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

These fibrils were then combined with potassium hydroxide and formed into porous beads measuring about half a centimeter to one centimeter in diameter.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 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

Below, at each end, the hopper’s wheels are exposed: shiny metal, three feet in diameter, five inches thick, churning.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

They have up to 24 arms and can grow to diameters of more than three feet.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

This enables the diameters of the threads to be in both cases tested by standard cylindrical gauges, while it facilitates the making of the screw gauges.

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