circular structure

collocation in English

meaningsofcircularandstructure

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circular
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.kjə.lər/us
/ˈsɝː.kjə.lɚ/
shaped like ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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A reasonably efficient approach is to create acircularstructure.
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In this paper, we have tried to define as the minimal necessary one in order to concentrate on thecircularstructureit has.
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Our contribution is to formalize this interpretation as a categorical constructor over a functor category, and to study thecircularstructurecaused by overloading and subtyping.
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This means that, as far as memory is concerned, there is little difference between implementing the recursion with the jump and implementing it with acircularstructure.
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The stupa (15 meters high and 50 meters in diameter) is acircularstructurewith a raised terrace around its base.
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The velum is a singlecircularstructurethat projects from between the valves, in front of the small foot.
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Thecircularstructureis 100 meters (330 feet) in diameter, and can accommodate up to 50,000 people.
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The temple is acircularstructurewith an entrance containing 13 steps, and includes two jaguar sculptures.
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The roads were tunnelled under the outer rampart, leaving thecircularstructureintact.
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The statue rests on acircularstructureatop a shrine with an altar below.
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Then, the wood of the parent branch forms over the top of the basal branch wood, usually forming acircularstructurecalled the trunk collar.
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However, on the east side the defences bulge out and within the bulge acircularstructure32 m in diameter had been created.
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Thecircularstructureis part of a former sea bed, and lies 1,4901,600 meters (4,8904,250 ft) below sea level.
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At the head of it on the west side within the inner rampart were foundations of a smallcircularstructuremeasuring internally about and overall.
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This is thecircularstructurewith diameter about 25 m consisting of eight menhirs.
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The depth of thecircularstructureis about 350 m, with a diameter of about.
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Each site had a singlecircularstructurefound, which may be due to limited excavation.
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The most characteristic visual feature is the largecircularstructurein the style of a classical temple, atop the building at its apex.
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In the socket a large scleral ring is present, acircularstructureof small overlapping bone segments protecting the eye against the water pressure.
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Changes to chromosome 21 include a missing segment of the chromosome in each cell (partial monosomy 21) and acircularstructurecalled ring chromosome 21.
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