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ROBINDESBOIS
December 16, 2017, 12:14 AM
Is this correct? Why not?
He was concealed in a tube of 40 centimiters of diameter.

Rusty
December 16, 2017, 04:35 AM
He was concealed in a tube with a diameter of 40 centimeters.
He was concealed in a 40-centimeter-diameter tube.

Tomisimo
December 22, 2017, 10:03 AM
Rusty is right. Another option:

He was concealed in a tube 40cm in diameter.
He was concealed in a tube that was 40cm in diameter.

The fun thing about language is there's almost always more than one way to phrase something!