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The term diameter, relative to a circle, is the width. For a sphere, such as a planet, the distance from the surface to the center is actually the radius, which is one-half of the diameter.

For a cylinder, it depends on the orientation. If you have a can and it is right-side up, then the diameter is not the depth -- it's just the distance from one side of the top "circle" to the other, passing through the center. If you put the can on its side, then the diameter could become the "depth." But this terminology is normally not used for curved geometric solids.

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