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noun Astronomy.

the angle that the apparent diameter of a celestial object subtends at the eye of the observer.

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Origin of angular diameter

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby angular diameter

anguish, anguished, angular, angular acceleration, angular deformation, angular diameter, angular dispersion, angular displacement, angular frequency, angular house, angularity

How to use angular diameter in a sentence

You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
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Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.
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He has a long white beard and a massive angular nose that could be the work of Gutzon Borglum.
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As she emerged from her teen years, she developed an angular face and striking cheekbones.
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Kepler-186f is about 11 percent larger than Earth in diameter, which means it has nearly 25% more surface area.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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Reckoning that Neptune is the outermost planet of the solar system, that system would have a diameter of 5,584 millions of miles.
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I think 6½ feet diameter for the fly, and 9½ inches diameter for the small wheel, will give speed enough to the drum.
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The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.
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The care shown in rearing insures a perfect straightness of stem, and an equable diameter of about an inch or an inch and a half.
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