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diameter

[dahy-am-i-ter] / daɪˈæm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measurement across object
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“I think it was a 10-foot diameter ... everything kind of flowed back from that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Handling both the charge and recharge cycles is a reactor about 15 inches in diameter and 8 feet tall that can generate around 100 kilowatts of heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

"At the same time, changing and adjusting the diameter of the microdroplets containing a biologically active substance nanodose is only possible by varying the oil phase flow rate."

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2026

“The basket is twice the diameter of the ball,” he kept saying.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman




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