单词 | in the diameter |
释义 | > as lemmasin the diameter a. literal in sense 2 (with numerals, etc.): In measurement across through the centre; in width or thickness. (Formerly also in the diameter.) ΚΠ 1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 356 A trunk of fire, which..seemeth to be 4 foot over in the Diameter. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 60 It would magnifie but 600 times in Diameter. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 202 The Bay of Naples..lyes in almost a round Figure of about Thirty Miles in the Diameter. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 110 The fruit hangs from the tree [baobab] by a stalk two feet long and an inch in diameter. < as lemmas |
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