sharp boundary

collocation in English

meaningsofsharpandboundary

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sharp
adjective
uk
/ʃɑːp/
us
/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
us
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofsharpandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsharp boundary

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A good deal of computational complexity theory concerns trying (and occasionally succeeding) to draw asharpboundarybetween the computationally feasible and the computationally infeasible.
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Our model thus describes a strong electromagnetic wave interacting at normal incidence with a semiinfinite layer of cold plasma withsharpboundary.
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One advantage of the supervaluationist view is that it does not, like the epistemic view, suppose that there is any singlesharpboundary.
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In other words, it shows that the effect of gas jet nozzle localize the gas and uniform density andsharpboundaryplasma can be generated.
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Since we should not base vital decisions about the extent of such sovereignty on arbitrary grounds, we must identify asharpboundary.
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The languages are not so closed as to fixsharpboundarylines and unbridgeable demarcations.
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A possible application is to interstellar clouds, if there is asharpboundarybetween vacuum and expanding plasma.
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The natural and supernatural were mutually exclusive, separated in theory if not in practice by asharpboundary.
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In other words, it shows the effect of gas jet nozzle in localizing the gas and generating the plasma with uniform density andsharpboundary.
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We can't generate the ideallysharpboundarydue to the quick expansion of the gas flow, which occurs at the nozzle exit.
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With respect to development, most attention has focussed on a relativelysharpboundaryat about the age of 3 years.
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An examination of discourse reveals a gradual continuum rather than asharpboundarybetween what is said and what is unsaid.
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Finally, we have the simplest treatments founded on thesharpboundarymodel.
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All the above mentioned differences clearly confirm the effect of the gas jet to generate thesharpboundaryplasma.
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The base of the combined zones is marked by asharpboundarybetween fan delta conglomerates and sandstones and black marine mudstones.
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The effects of the ramp plasma-vacuum boundary in coupling the radiation from plasma to vacuum is noticed and solved by employing a gas jet flow to generate asharpboundary.
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