quartz crystal

collocation in English

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quartz
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkwɔːts/us
/ˈkwɔːrts/
a hard, transparent mineral substance, used in making electronic equipment and accurate watches ...
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crystal
noun
uk
/ˈkrɪs.təl/us
/ˈkrɪs.təl/
transparent glass of very high quality, usually with its surface cut into ...
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(Definition ofquartzandcrystalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For this application thequartzcrystalplate is usually cut with a crystal orientation that minimises temperature coefficient around room temperature.
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This individual had an offering composed of a string of shells beads, a slate disc, and aquartzcrystallying at his feet.
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Quartzcrystalshows moderate patchy undulose extinction and minor fracturing.
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Surface specific kinetics of lipid vesicle adsorption measured with aquartzcrystalmicrobalance.
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But mechanical clocks are being clobbered byquartzcrystaland the factory has lost virtually its whole business.
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This 10 cm tall statue is carved out of a clearquartzcrystal.
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Quartzcrystaloscillators were developed for high-stability frequency references during the 1920s and 1930s.
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For applications not needing very precise timing, a low-cost ceramic resonator is often used in place of aquartzcrystal.
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The most common type is a piezoelectric pickup, which is composed of a thin sandwich ofquartzcrystal.
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Where a radio link might use several channels,quartzcrystaloscillators are more commonly used to drive a phase locked loop.
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The probe is connected to a resonator, usually a silicon-cantilever or aquartzcrystalresonator.
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Many clocks keep time by mechanical resonance in a balance wheel, pendulum, orquartzcrystal.
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Thequartzcrystalis temperature compensated and is hermetically sealed in an evacuated envelope.
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The basic element for time generation is aquartzcrystaloscillator.
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It consists of a voltage-variable capacitor that acts in some ways like aquartzcrystal.
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The frequency at which aquartzcrystalresonator vibrates depends on its physical dimensions.
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The result is that aquartzcrystalbehaves like a circuit composed of an inductor, capacitor and resistor, with a precise resonant frequency.
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This invention replaced the escapement and pendulum (as the timing reference), relying instead on the natural vibrations occurring in thequartzcrystalas the oscillator.
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One of the most important traits ofquartzcrystaloscillators is that they can exhibit very low phase noise.
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