| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Equivalent diameter | Aerospace | In sedimentation analysis, the diameter assigned to a nonspherical particle. It is numerically equal to the diameter of a spherical particle having the same density and velocity of fall. (references) | |
| Equivalent diameter | Mining | 1: In sedimentation analysis of particle size, the diameter assigned to a non-spherical particle; that is, the diameter of a spherical particle of the same density and velocity of fall. Sometimes referred to as the equivalent spherical diameter. (references) | |
| 2: A. The diameter of a hypothetical sphere composed of material having the same specific gravity as that of the actual particle and of such size that it will settle in a given liquid at the same terminal velocity as the actual particle. Also called equivalent size. (references) | |||
| Equivalent diameter (equivalent size) | Energy | The diameter of a hypothetical sphere composed of material having the same specific gravity as that of the actual soil particle and of such size that it will settle in a given liquid at the same terminal velocity as the actual soil particle. (references) | |
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