diameter

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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

However, while adult Great Whites have vertebrae about 8 cm wide, the vertebrae from the Darwin shark exceed 12 cm in diameter.

From Science Daily

Previous work suggested a diameter of about 30 meters and a rotation period closer to ten minutes.

From Science Daily

Working with tiny paint swatches about the diameter of a pencil tip that were originally collected during the 1960s, the scientists used mass spectrometry to identify the proteins present in the samples.

From Science Magazine

Prof Bloch cut two circular holes on each side of his skull, 5cm in diameter, above the regions of the brain involved in controlling movement.

From BBC