desired shape

collocation in English

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desired
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzaɪəd/us
/dɪˈzaɪrd/
that ...
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shape
noun
uk
/ʃeɪp/us
/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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(Definition ofdesiredandshapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A library of standard parametric features of the entire assembly has been created, so that thedesiredshapeand size of components can be obtained by selecting desired parameters.
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After cooling down the jaggery becomes a soft solid which is now pressed into thedesiredshapefor selling at the market.
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This design step determines the secondary structure, or the positions of the base pairs that hold the individual strands together in thedesiredshape.
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It doesn't need the expense or drying time of glues to join together several wood pieces to make thedesiredshape.
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Organic chemistry enabled him to engineer cages with thedesiredshape, thus only allowing a certain type of molecule to lodge itself in the cage.
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After the copal has hardened, the aluminum foil is removed and the hardened resin is cut to produce thedesiredshape(i.e. bead or cabochon).
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First, a relatively soft alkali-borosilicate glass is melted and formed by typical glassworking techniques into thedesiredshape.
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The glassworker can then quickly inflate the molten glass to a coherent blob and work it into adesiredshape.
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Heating metal and then hammering it into thedesiredshape, along with rapidly cooling it, was how the metal bronze was forged.
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Distortion can pose a major problem, since the final product is not thedesiredshape.
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Using this device, the measured contour map now shows difference from thedesiredshapeinstead of difference from a sphere.
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The block is carved into thedesiredshape, sanded and painted.
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The secondary mirror blank has been constructed and coarse-ground to within 40 m of thedesiredshape.
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Corrugated pottery was made from coils of clay wound into thedesiredshapeand the clay is pinched, which created the corrugated texture.
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Barbutes were made mostly from a single sheet of steel using the metal smithing process of raising until the piece assumed thedesiredshape.
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In order to minimize drag and maintain thedesiredshape, choice of a material for the wing surface is also important.
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The scratch stock is drawn along the wood repeatedly until thedesiredshapeis formed.
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As electrons cross the gap, material from the workpiece is dissolved, as the tool forms thedesiredshapein the workpiece.
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This continues until thedesiredshapeand size is achieved.
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In a process now known as electrotyping he found he could make objects to anydesiredshapeby using the porous barrier as a mould.
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