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diameter

[dahy-am-i-ter] / daɪˈæm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measurement across object
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Built-in guides help you gauge precisely the diameter of your logs and make consistent slices, turning out treats that impress type-A bakers every time.

From The Wall Street Journal

The tubes measure about 230 nm in diameter and are made of 5 to 6 right-handed helical fibers that twist together.

From Science Daily

To detect distortions in spacetime that are smaller than 1/1,000th the diameter of a proton, these mirrors must be held almost perfectly still.

From Science Daily

"These were something we clearly hadn't seen before, with a large diameter and big suckers - far too big for the common curled octopus we see around the shore here."

From BBC

The massive pits at Durrington Walls in Wiltshire are set at regular intervals, ten metres in diameter and more than five metres deep.

From BBC