in diameter

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Used after a measurement to specify it is the diameter (e.g., ten inches in diameter).

diameterPREPOSITION + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • The mirror is ten inches in diameter.
  • The crater measured approximately 50 meters in diameter.
  • This ancient tree trunk is over three feet in diameter.
  • They need a pipe that is exactly 20 centimeters in diameter.
  • The recipe calls for a cake pan that is nine inches in diameter.
  • Jupiter, the largest planet, is about 86,881 miles in diameter.
  • The cell was only a few micrometers in diameter.
  • She bought a ring with a small pearl, just 5 millimeters in diameter.
  • Each gear must be precisely two inches in diameter to fit the machine.
  • We drew a perfect circle, about 30 cm in diameter, on the whiteboard.