scale bar

collocation in English

meaningsofscaleandbar

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scale
noun
uk
/skeɪl/us
/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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bar
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːr/us
/bɑːr/
a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the ...
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(Definition ofscaleandbarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thescalebarrepresents the estimated number of nucleotide substitutions per nucleotide site.
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The evolutionary distance is represented by thescalebar.
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Thescalebarrepresents the phylogenetic distance expressed as expected amino acid substitutions per site.
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Each plate should be supplied with ascalebarwith the appropriate units; magnification factors must not be given as an alternative.
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The length of thescalebaron each of these three photomicrographs is 0.4 mm.
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For photomicrographs indicate the stain andscalebarcalibration (or magnification factor is used).
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For photomicrographs indicate the stain andscalebarcalibration (or magnification factor if used).
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In this and all subsequent fluorescence micrographs, thescalebarrepresents 5/*m.
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The image consistently included a pair of dividers opened across thescalebar.
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For each of the electron micrographs thescalebaris shown.
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The virus spike proteins and colloidal gold particles are highlighted, and thescalebaris shown.
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Each figure has the same magnification; thescalebarrepresents 10 / /m.
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Evolutionary distance is represented by thescalebar.
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In both cases, thescalebarhas length 2 mm.
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Thescalebarrepresents 30 ^m in (a) and (b), and 4 ^m in (c).
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Thescalebarrepresents 40 um in all photographs.
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Thescalebar(= 2 mm total length) relates to the fore leg, not to the enlarged scales.
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A detailed image of tegument striated appearance is shown in (b) (scalebar= 350 mm).
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