noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
internal
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Injection pipettes are made in exactly the same way as holding pipettes except that they are broken off at a smaller internal diameter .
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Keep the turns close wound on the internal diameter and reasonably evenly spaced on the outside.
large
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This originally had two large diameter undershot wheels, both of iron construction with timber floats.
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Cut into rounds 1 inch larger in diameter than casseroles.
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Both wheels move easily, their large diameter giving plenty of turning moment.
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The electrical signal is amplified and broadcast over a large diameter coaxial backbone cable to individual subscribers.
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Louder Reproduction Cylinders were also made in large diameters , with special machines to play them of course.
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The characteristic rich, booming tone of this instrument is due to the length and large diameter of the resonators.
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Inclusion in the large diameter cavity but not in the smaller establishes size and shape as factors influencing the ease of filling.
small
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A 3-cornered file is best for small diameters , but beware the fibre dust or shavings!
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Injection pipettes are made in exactly the same way as holding pipettes except that they are broken off at a smaller internal diameter .
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Suffice to have the benefits of their research, which has thus far produced the ultimate in extreme strength for smallest diameter .
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The smaller diameters should then be sawn off, to minimise flow restriction.
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Method 1 is suitable for small diameter pipettes whereas method 2 is for larger ones.
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While larger diameter stents remain patient longer than smaller diameter ones, many are blocked five to six months after insertion.
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Water reed bundles are much smaller in diameter and can therefore be put straight on once they have been butted.
■ NOUN
inch
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All these wheels are 16 inch diameter .
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At the dome, as many as four pumps were running, pushing water out through 23-\#inch diameter hoses.
■ VERB
measure
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Under the old system the inside diameter was measured; metric pipe is measured by its outside diameter.
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Closeness was measured in rotor diameters .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For every pebble several possible diameters may be recognized along the three principal axes of the pebble.
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He then proceeded to draw a circle of diameter I metre on a flat piece of ground.
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In addition, the procedure usually takes longer and an endoscope of a greater diameter is used when biliary stenting is performed.
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The arms are long and thin, greater than seven times the disk diameter .
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The belt, however, consists of perhaps forty thousand bodies larger than a kilometer in diameter .
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This originally had two large diameter undershot wheels, both of iron construction with timber floats.
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When a disc is rolled about a disc of equal diameter , the roller makes two revolutions about its own centre.