length scale
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflengthandscale
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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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scale
noun
uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition oflengthandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflength scale
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By fine-scaled it is meant that thelengthscaleof the turbulence should be small compared to the wavelength of potentially unstable modes.
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For the set of nine curves, the only disposable constants are a singlelengthscaleand the total strain.
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In general, we choose our magnetic field strength,lengthscale, and dust mass density.
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The width of the slot then sets both the vertical and horizontallengthscaleof the motion.
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However, owing to our use of curved wedges, alengthscale(radius of curvature) is available a t the reflexion point any time.
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In general, this width is small relative to the basin's characteristiclengthscale.
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On the mean-free-pathlengthscale, the ion flux is given by (3.25), where the scaling i = i 1 i holds.
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For there may exist mechanisms that produce a locking of all relevant length scales into fixed ratios, leaving effectively only onelengthscale.
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On the mean-free-path scale, ion inertia, which was negligible on the geometriclengthscale, becomes a leading-order influence.
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The strong advection may be associated with a more rapid increase in the turbulentlengthscalerelative to the meanlengthscale.
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Thelengthscalealong the vertical axis is the same for all three parts.
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For our present work, the texturelengthscaleof interest is on the order of tens of centimeters.
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A very short (14 item) version of the scale was found to have comparable properties to the fulllengthscale.
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Their criterion implies that the transition should take place the first time alengthscaleis available a t the reflexion point.
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The shorter thelengthscaleof the inhomogeneities in the statistics of the wave field, the more significant these terms become.
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Nevertheless, thelengthscaleof 100 that emerged from our study makes sense for a number of reasons.
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The leading-order electron and ion densities on the geometriclengthscaleare of order one.
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In some calculations we fixed densities but changed thelengthscale.
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