horizontal stroke

collocation in English

meaningsofhorizontalandstroke

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horizontal
adjective
uk
/ˌhɒr.ɪˈzɒn.təl/us
/ˌhɔːr.ɪˈzɑːn.t̬əl/
parallel to the ground or to the bottom or top edge ...
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stroke
noun
uk
/strəʊk/us
/stroʊk/
a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of ...
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(Definition ofhorizontalandstrokefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The greatest maximumhorizontalstrokeoccurs when s = 0 (already explained) and l1 = 1/3.
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Three workspace characteristics are presented: workspace area; maximumhorizontalstroke; and maximum vertical stroke.
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Therefore, the workspace collapses onto a single line (the coupler-curve), and hence the workspace area, maximumhorizontalstroke, and maximum vertical stroke are all zero.
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Because the height of the maximumhorizontalstrokeis equal to max (r2, r3), this logical condition means that the maximum horizontal stroke occurs at the lowest position possible.
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Most were common semantic components, but they also included shared graphic elements such as a dot orhorizontalstroke.
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The firsthorizontalstrokein these characters are long horizontal strokes.
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In the very same publication the plimsoll mark appears to be constructed by combining ahorizontalstrokewith a degree sign.
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Writing forms changed with time, and included the full development of the comma, so the hyphen could become onehorizontalstroke.
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In contrast, the simplest character is "y" (one) with just onehorizontalstroke.
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This character has a longhorizontalstroke, so it can not have a hook to the right.
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It is composed of 5-horizontals: one (single) above two pairs of two, and all sitting on a large singlehorizontalstroke, approximated as follows:....
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The sign is similar to the "sa (cuneiform)" sign, but sa's upperhorizontalstrokeis shorter than the lower anchoredhorizontalstroke.
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The great similarity of the two characters are notable with the exception of an additionalhorizontalstrokein.
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Punctuation was effected in early papyri, literary and documentary, by spaces, reinforced in the book-hand by the paragraphos, ahorizontalstrokeunder the beginning of the line.
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Thishorizontalstrokeis, however, important to distinguish the glyph for seven from the glyph for one in writings that use a long upstroke in the glyph for 1.
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It featured elongated horizontal strokes and exaggerated rounded forms with no serifs.
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He also devised rules of composition where horizontal strokes are written first and characters are composed starting from top to bottom, left to right.
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