path length
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpathandlength
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path
noun[C]
uk/pɑːθ/us/pæθ/
a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something ...
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length
noun
uk/leŋθ/us/leŋθ/
the measurement of something from end to end or along its ...
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(Definition ofpathandlengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpath length
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At the same time, at low gas density the electron freepathlengthbecomes large compared with the device scale.
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The difference in experimental and desired final destination was only a small fraction of the totalpathlength.
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At the same time, the optical aberrations have to be corrected in order not to introducepathlengthdifferences due to this cause.
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The difference in goal position was 0.251 m, which is 1.90% of the totalpathlength(13.2 m).
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The difference in goal position was 0.328 m, which is 1.40% of the totalpathlength(23.4 m).
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Unlike regular networks, completely random graph networks present a low clustering coefficient together with a small characteristicpathlength.
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For a grazing incidence, other terms may also causepathlengthdifferences comparable to the pulse l value.
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A bidirectional search (search from both start and goal) based on the probabilities andpathlengthis performed until a path is found.
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This was likely due to the reducedpathlengthof light at high altitude, as well as scattering and reflection from adjacent clouds.
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His algorithm is able to adapt to instantaneous changes in speed setting andpathlength.
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Our limit laws also give, in the second components, the limit law for the internalpathlengthof the random trees under consideration.
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Putting these parameters into (5) yields an effectivepathlengthof the order of 10-12 cm, indicating that these plasmas are very optically thin.
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The maximumpathlengthin a balanced tree is logarithmic in the size of the tree.
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This difference was only 0.096 m (0.6% of thepathlength) for the no obstacle case.
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Apathlengthof 500 m was assumed, since the wave travels a hemi-circumference in the thin layer of cytoplasm under the plasma membrane.
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These networks display a small averagepathlength, like completely random graphs, together with a large clustering coefficient, like regular lattices.
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By the method of moments he obtains the asymptotic distribution function for totalpathlengthfor these trees.
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The characteristicpathlengthis defined as the average minimal distance between all pairs of vertices in the network.
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