large-scale structure

collocation in English

meaningsoflarge-scaleandstructure

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large-scale
adjective
uk
/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us
/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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Alarge-scalestructuremust have stood here.
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Thus, the results from the largest wire separations are probably more representative of thelarge-scalestructureangle.
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This suggests that a substantial part of thelarge-scalestructurein a jet is essentially axisymmetric.
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Somelarge-scalestructuredoes appear to survive the bend but i t is greatly weakened and largely inactive.
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The cycle oflarge-scalestructureinteraction completes at approximately figure 13(u) which corresponds roughly to (e) in figure 12.
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One life cycle of thelarge-scalestructureends in figure 11(u) when the characteristic multi-peak streamwise velocity profile returns.
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The state of knowledge oflarge-scalestructuredynamics in the near field of the axisymmetric jet is, unlike the plane layer, much less advanced.
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The relaxed state is characterized by the formation of alarge-scalestructure(a helically deformed current channel) and significant organized flow.
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What is missing in the above studies is a detailed study of the temporal sequencing of the naturally occurringlarge-scalestructurein the axisymmetric mixing layer.
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It is widely believed that thelarge-scalestructureangle and the angle of inclination of the principal axis with pure stretching strain should be the same.
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The complexity of the spot structure should challenge the theoretician to strive to develop a realistic turbulence model using the educedlarge-scalestructureas a building block.
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Perhaps large systems actually boil down to a few degrees of freedom, so that the problem of large-scalestructureis ultimately a simple consequence of chaos.
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He has made significant contributions to the dynamics oflarge-scalestructureformation.
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Thelarge-scalestructureof the cosmos is represented by groups and clusters of galaxies.
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Inflation explains the origin of thelarge-scalestructureof the cosmos.
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These observations are used to measure properties of thelarge-scalestructureof the universe.
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Large-scalestructureobservations have seen this scale in galaxy clustering measurements.
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Finally, the latter is important for the understanding of thelarge-scalestructureof the cosmos.
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Thelarge-scalestructureof the universe also looks different if one only uses redshift to measure distances to galaxies.
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Likewise, a significant amount of non-baryonic, cold matter is necessary to explain thelarge-scalestructureof the universe.
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These observations are used to measure detailed statistical properties of thelarge-scalestructureof the universe.
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