soap bubble

collocation in English

meaningsofsoapandbubble

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soap
noun
uk
/səʊp/us
/soʊp/
a substance used for washing the body or ...
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bubble
noun
uk
/ˈbʌb.əl/us
/ˈbʌb.əl/
a ball of gas that appears in a liquid, or a ball formed of air surrounded by liquid that floats in ...
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(Definition ofsoapandbubblefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If asoapbubblehas any form of primal consciousness, that protoconsciousness would be of an elastic spherical form under stress, as a unitary gestalt.
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But does a globally integrated analog structure like asoapbubblehave a corresponding global consciousness independent of the individual consciousnesses of its constituent parts?
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It's a hemispherical mobile robot, which looks like asoapbubble.
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They are like asoapbubble, iridescent with every beautiful colour, beautiful to look upon from the outside, but filled with a tenuous vapour, wind, of no account.
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Each colour is the result of varying thicknesses ofsoapbubblefilm.
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There are a few similarities between this structure and a commonsoapbubble, although there are also important differences.
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In the case of asoapbubble, the two soap monolayers coat an intervening water layer.
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In a normalsoapbubble, surfactants reduce the surface tension of the water and allow the bubble to form.
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Paradox externally appears as a slightly luminescentsoapbubblewith a diameter of 50 kilometers, with iridescence similar to that of a realsoapbubble.
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Asoapbubbleis a closed soap film: due to the difference in outside and inside pressure, it is a surface of "constant" mean curvature.
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It is also a key ingredient in the formation of big bubbles as it possesses the ability to dissolve in water but also provide structural strength to thesoapbubble.
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At first, soap bubbles filled with various gases were tried, but this approach was soon abandoned.
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The conclusion of this line of reasoning is absurd: protoconsciousness of soap bubbles.
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She saw that soap bubbles were different colors and discovered that, at each place asoapbubblewas a new color, it had a different thickness.
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Radiographically, it appears as a lucency in the bone of varying size and featuressometimes it is a single, well-demarcated lesion whereas it often demonstrates as a multiloculatedsoapbubbleappearance.
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For example, the colours seen in asoapbubblearise from interference of light reflecting off the front and back surfaces of the thin soap film.
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Eerie electronic resonance emanated from speakers placed around a raised platform, rightof-stage, concealed by semi-transparent, billowing drapes, across which floated many ghostly images - including fluttering birds and wind-blown soap bubbles.
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Why not start blowing soap bubbles?
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Their effects produce colors seen in soap bubbles and oil slicks, as well as the structural coloration of some animals.
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