inner sphere

collocation in English

meaningsofinnerandsphere

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inner
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɪn.ər/
us
/ˈɪn.ɚ/
inside or contained within ...
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sphere
noun[C]
uk
/sfɪər/
us
/sfɪr/
an object shaped like a ...
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(Definition ofinnerandspherefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinner sphere

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In the standard arrangement theinnerspherespun counter-clockwise until it brought the moon exactly to the ecliptic plane.
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While he did not specify numbers explicitly, he wrote that theinnerspherespins slowly.
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The novelty of his experiment was that theinnersphereconsisted of two hemispheres which could be rotated independently.
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For an outside observer, theinnerspheredoes not appear to move at the speed and opposite direction of the outer.
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The development of the outer sphere is identical to theinnersphereand is therefore not described in detail here.
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There is no indication that they continue as spines inside theinnersphere.
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Theinnersphereof sovereignty, however, is concerned with the 'spiritual' as opposed to the material, and here the east is clearly superior.
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Alternatively, aninnerspheremay rotate and oscillate with an unknown velocity whilst the outer sphere is kept fixed.
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Throughout the motion, the pole of theinnersphereremains practically per pendicular to the arc drawn by the moon.
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The reorganization parameter (l) reflects the extent of outer-sphere (lout) andinnersphere(lin) nuclear rearrangement that accompanies charge transfer.
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The purpose of the analysis is to determine the couple exerted by the fluid on theinnersphere.
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For one can readily produce cases where the sides of the trapezium lie outside theinnersphere, but that points of the interior of the trapezium might intersect that sphere.
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The resulting lunar motion is obviously a rotation around a slowly precessing circle, such that the perpendicular to this precessing circle always coincides with the pole of theinnersphere.
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The lunar trace shown in figure 4a was created by aninnerspherethat completes 20 revolutions about its pole while the outer sphere completes a single revolution.
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In favorable cases, theinnersphere, in which signals are lost due to line broadening can be very small, so that only few resonances are lost.
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Formation ofinnerspherecomplexes occurs when ions bind directly to the surface with no intervening water molecules.
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Simply, the coordination complex model accounted for theinnersphereligands being less prone to dissociate, where a traditional molecule did not.
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The complex of the metal with theinnersphereligands is then called a coordination complex, which can be neutral, cationic, or anionic.
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