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diameter

[dahy-am-i-ter] / daɪˈæm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measurement across object
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Upon arrival, the Fire Department located five separate spot fires, all about five feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Roman has a 7.9-foot primary mirror, the same diameter as the Hubble Space Telescope's, along with two major scientific instruments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

But because the diameter of the Moon is 400 times less than the Sun's, they appear exactly the same size in our sky.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

And it has to come from a place that looks localized to the mouth, and it has to be the same diameter of the actor’s mouth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

On the floor was placed a machine which looked like a floor polisher with a circular base about a foot and a half in diameter.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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

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

Now, as the volumes of spheres vary as the cubes of their diameters, it follows that the volume of the nebula will vary as the cube of its distance from the earth.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore




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