average diameter

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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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diameter
noun[C or U]
uk
/daɪˈæm.ɪ.tər/us
/daɪˈæm.ə.t̬ɚ/
(the length of) a straight line that reaches from one point on the edge of a round shape or object, through its centre, to a point on the ...
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(Definition ofaverageanddiameterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The shaft has anaveragediameterof 90 cm and descends 287 cm from the surface.
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The two poles are represented by mor photypes withaveragediameterand by those with large diameter.
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We then uniformly rescaled the diameters to regain the initial net area, which also ensured that theaveragediameterper unit length did not change.
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Based on scats from captured leopard cats in this study, anaveragediameterof 1 cm was used as a guide.
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Normalized curvature, theaveragediameterdivided by the radius of a circle at mid-lumen, increased with stage.
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Theaveragediameterof the channel is about 5 mm and its length about 130 mm.
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Those sprouts that survived for 20 y after the tree was logged had anaveragediameterthat was significantly larger than that of the sprouts in the younger sites.
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Some sprouts survived for at least 15 y (usually one per stump), and these had a significantly largeraveragediameterrelative to the sprouts at younger sites.
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Clod size was recorded as anaveragediameterdeter mined from 100 clods chosen randomly from tilled plots.
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The cupped flowers have anaveragediameterof 5 inches (11 cm) and up to 70 petals.
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Theaveragediameterof male areolae is around 25mmin 0.
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These are columns of flattened, spinous cells, with roughly anaveragediameterof 50 micrometres and a length of 300 micrometres.
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Theaveragediameterof the gold threads is 0.1mm, with the thinnest segment as thin as 0.06mm, which is thinner than a hair.
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In adults, the thoracic duct is typically 38-45cm in length and anaveragediameterof about 5mm.
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Extensive airborne testing, following that accident, revealed it is possible for airliners to encounter water droplets exceeding 200 micrometers inaveragediameter.
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The overall geometry is cylindrical, with anaveragediameterof one kilometer.
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The wool is course with a yield of 1.7kg lb and anaveragediameterof 41.5 micrometres.
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The fruit has anaveragediameterof 2.7 to 3 inches (70 76 mm).
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These may attain a length of more than 0.4 mm, with anaveragediameterof only about 0.002 mm.
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