diameter

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With a steady hand, she manoeuvred a huge wind turbine section, five metres in diameter, across the yard.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

This layer leaves only a circular opening with a diameter of 200 nanometers at the center.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

The prizes have a diameter of just over 3 inches and are less than half an inch thick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

They had also cut smaller sticks—limbs and the tops of the trees—some of them five or six feet long and two or three inches in diameter.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen