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diam.

American  

abbreviation

  1. diameter.


diam. British  

abbreviation

  1. diameter

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No. 1, diam. at rims 12 inch, bottom 11 in.,

From The Candy Maker's Guide A Collection of Choice Recipes for Sugar Boiling by Fletcher Manufacturing Company

Short diam. finished nut or head = 11/2 diam. of bolt + 1/16.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 by Various

Small Sliding Microtome, length of bed 21 cm, heavy knife-carrier, object clamp for specimen 25 mm diam., micrometer screw with disc graduated into 100 degrees, each division representing a motion of 0,005 mm.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst

The usual size is 2 ft. outside diam. and 2 ft.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

"Wanted—a Pair of Lady's Riding Boots, black or brown, size of foot 4, diam. of calf 14 inches."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 by Various