diameter
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The heat created by its beams can seal blood vessels just 2mm in diameter, about 5-6cm below the skin.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In January, a 72-inch diameter pipe ruptured, spewing 243 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in one of the worst wastewater spills in U.S. history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
“I think it was a 10-foot diameter ... everything kind of flowed back from that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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
Similarly, supermarket apples are typically around three inches in diameter, wild apples only one inch.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
The diameters of these channels are five times thinner than a human hair.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 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
They have up to 24 arms and can grow to diameters of more than three feet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
We have supposed that the diameters of the cones be equal, but the conditions will remain the same when their diameters are unequal; thus, in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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