continuous surface

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinuousandsurface

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continuous
adjective
uk
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
without a pause ...
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surface
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.fɪs/
us
/ˈsɝː-/
the outer or top part or layer ...
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(Definition ofcontinuousandsurfacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The qualitative level is the same, but thecontinuoussurfacegrows so its visibility and location degrees grow too.
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We see that fully closed pore graphites prevents this contribution to hydrogen isotope inventory because there is nocontinuoussurfaceleading deep into the graphite.
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In that case, the new and the old segments represent acontinuoussurface.
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One way is to map triangulations of charts onto thecontinuoussurfaceand to glue them together.
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The identification degree of acontinuoussurfaceis always equal to zero.
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These derived cheek teeth were overlapping, so that their crowns formed acontinuoussurfaceon which food could be chewed.
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The simplest form of an architecture vault, consisting of acontinuoussurfaceof semicircular or pointed sections.
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Wet rooms are bathrooms where the shower floor space and bathroom floor are onecontinuoussurface.
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Reconstruction to polygonal model involves finding and connecting adjacent points with straight lines in order to create acontinuoussurface.
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The ground plane doesn't have to be acontinuoussurface.
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This has the advantage that the sail need not be acontinuoussurface.
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The hydrodynamic conditions within the jet and fine bubble cloud producescontinuoussurfacerenewal at the gas/liquid interface resulting in higher alpha factors.
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Sometimes, from two different views, two different continuous surfaces can be found for the same wall, those two different objects cannot really be identified.
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On the other hand, continuous surfaces are found for large size objects.
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In the absence ofcontinuoussurfacewater flow, the invertebrates found in the lake and in the river consist of macroinvertebrate belonging to 57 families but sans decapod crustaceans.
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Physics has failed to discover solids, or continuous surfaces, or straight lines, or any solid materials.
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Often, these points are selected on thecontinuoussurfaceof complex objects, such as a human bone, and in this case they are called landmark points.
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Her doctoral dissertation involved the development of a pressure-indicating coating that uses oxygen quenching of porphyrin photoluminescence to providecontinuoussurfacepressure maps of aerodynamic test models in wind tunnels.
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These faces form two continuous surfaces when the links are connected.
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