thin sheet

collocation in English

meaningsofthinandsheet

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thin
adjective
uk
/θɪn/us
/θɪn/
having a small distance between two ...
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sheet
noun[C]
uk
/ʃiːt/us
/ʃiːt/
a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on ...
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(Definition ofthinandsheetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthin sheet

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Thethinsheetof water forming the bubble eventually becomes unstable and disintegrates into tiny droplets (e).
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First there would be a mat of optical fibres and then athinsheetof standard armour plating.
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At the interface between the two tissues is the basement membrane, which is athinsheetof specialised extracellular matrix.
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Then the main current causes a quick increase in the axial electric current in athinsheetvia the skin effect.
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While it could represent athinsheetthat has been completely brecciated to peperite, evidence for magma-wet sediment interaction is absent.
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This is because we have treated the two-dimensional problem in which a spike is really athinsheet.
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Only athinsheetof connective tissue separates the right atrioventricular ring from the ventricular myocardium.
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Once coagulation was complete after about 10 min, the sample was made into athinsheet.
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The general soil profile within the impact zone comprised athinsheetof ice, on 0.3 m (1 ft) of tundra mat, above 0.6 m (2 ft) of organic silt.
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This rock sequence forms a relativelythinsheet(1-3 km thick) that was transported over a very gentle slope and deposited over a huge area.
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Tinplate is merely athinsheetof steel coated with tin.
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The outer covering is made of athinsheetof lye water dough.
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Some shields had athinsheetof bronze on the outer face, often just around the rim.
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They are typically a circular box pressed fromthinsheetmetal, but plastic examples are also used.
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It consists of athinsheetof duralumin bonded to a thicker sheet of plywood.
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It was made with athinsheetof horn or paper shellacked to a wooden board.
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