spherical shape
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsphericalandshape
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spherical
adjective
uk/ˈsfer.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈsfer.ɪ.kəl/
round, like ...
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shape
noun
uk/ʃeɪp/us/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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It is assumed that thesphericalshapeof the shell remains unchanged, excluding its bottom segment.
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The major advantage due to thesphericalshapeis its ability to recover from collisions and a low risk of falling down or tipping over.
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Thus, during preparation the shale projectiles used were worked into nearsphericalshape.
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The front of the drop always regains its unperturbedsphericalshape.
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Thissphericalshapecorresponds effectively to a larger volume than cuboidal or flattened somatic cells, even of the same diameter.
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The smaller aster has no contact with the cortex and has asphericalshape.
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The glass sphere has shattered though it still maintains asphericalshapeand the sphere interior is completely masked by the glass fragments.
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The algorithm for ab initio envelope determination starts from asphericalshapefor which all coefficients but f0 0 are equal to zero.
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Using thesphericalshapemetric (3.9a), construct three disjoint circles with centers at the three binary collision points.
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This exact contact location can be estimated using the kinematics of the robot and thesphericalshapeof the contacting part.
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The base is larger and the apex more round, giving asphericalshapeto the ventricular cavity.
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The resulting 'zygotes' show asphericalshapeshortly after fusion.
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This is probably related with thesphericalshapeof the droplets, which results in modified incident field distributions around the target surface.
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During the first stage, shown in frames 7(u-c), a dimple develops at the rear of the drop, while the front of the drop recovers its unperturbedsphericalshape.
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Since the parts on the contact had asphericalshape, the contact point on the end-effector also changed when there was an orientation change at the end-effector.
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