diameter

noun

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Recent Examples of diameter The city defines heritage trees as native to North Carolina and at least 30 inches in diameter. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026 All branches must be in bundles smaller than 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet long and tied with twine or jute rope. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 For example, when a credit card is fragmented into particles some 10 microns in diameter, there is a more than 200-fold increase in its surface area, says Wei Min, a chemist at Columbia University and one of the senior authors of the study. — Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 The break occurred on a water main pipe that’s about eight inches in diameter, Workman said, and affected about 30 customers in the area. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diameter
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radius
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  • Any residents outside the 3-mile radius who smell an odor are instructed to stay indoors, close windows and doors and turn off ventilation that draws in outside air, the city said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly 1,000 residents were told to evacuate overnight within a 1-mile radius of the explosion, Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said at a news conference Wednesday morning.
    — John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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