narrow tube

collocation in English

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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tube
noun
uk
/tʃuːb/us
/tuːb/
a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandtubefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This may be attributed to the larger space of the chamber used for diffusional assay in comparison to thenarrowtubeof the directional assay.
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Thenarrowtubenear the extracellular side of the channel is constructed of four sequential rings of main-chain carbonyl oxygens of the polypeptides.
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To discover some properties of the plasma flow in the axial symmetry channel we can neglect the variation of the basic functions across thenarrowtube.
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Thenarrowtubeis then removed.
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The corolla is anarrowtubeopening into usually five lobes.
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Each flower has a long, verynarrowtubewhich may exceed 3 centimeters.
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Anarrowtubewill sound reedy, while a wide one will sound flutey.
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The flower has anarrowtubethroat and wide face, and is roughly a centimeter long.
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Endocones are long and slender, with anarrowtuberunning down the middle.
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The laser then burns anarrowtubeor channel to the inclusion.
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The capillary action refers to the tendency of water to move up anarrowtubeagainst the force of gravity.
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Glass blowers produced heat generated sound when blowing a hot bulb at the end of a coldnarrowtube.
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A long,narrowtubecalled a catheter is inserted through a plastic hollow tube called an introducer sheath.
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On a microscopic scale, the fossils consist ofnarrowtube-like structures, which weave around one another.
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Anarrowtubeis inserted into the subarachnoid space in the lumbar part of the back during a lumbar puncture.
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While the powder is being released, oxygen is supplied into the furnace, and travels with the powder down anarrowtube.
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The connection can be direct, through anarrowtubeto reduce mixing, or through a salt bridge, depending on the other electrode and solution.
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The plants show numerous flowers with 5 sepals, united at their bases, and 5 petals forming anarrowtubefacing upwards.
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Anarrowtuberuns from the second to the third, or pyloric, stomach, which is also glandular, and connects, via a sphincter, to the duodenum.
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Each small flower in the cluster is anarrowtubeup to 2 centimeters long which abruptly spreads into a lobed corolla.
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Later, larvae feed on the parenchyma and the leaf tip with the upper part of the mine shrivels into anarrowtube.
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The trumpet-shaped flower corolla is roughly one to two centimeters long and has a verynarrowtubeand a wide mouth.
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The two sections are connected via anarrowtube, or duct, that can be opened or closed by a group of surrounding muscles.
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The other end has a short,narrowtube, which forms the sight when one looks through the eyepiece that is in-line across from it.
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