artificial structure

collocation in English

meaningsofartificialandstructure

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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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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Yes, this provides evidence of hominid activity, but not of a coherent campsite with multiple activities and anartificialstructure.
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As we know, a coordinate system is anartificialstructureuseful for calculating the results of experiments.
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It is our contention that the controlled excitation does not create anartificialstructurebut triggers a naturally occurring one.
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You would need to build a large scale, recognizablyartificialstructure.
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That can be arranged perfectly well through the packing stations without the highlyartificialstructureerected and maintained in recent years.
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It was not quite clear whether the word "land" would include anartificialstructurelike a harbour breakwater.
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Theartificialstructureis a tall dock with a length of 450 meters and 225 meters wide for a surface of 10,125m2.
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This alignment is not indicated by anartificialstructurebut gains plausibility from the other two indicated lines.
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Theartificialstructurefor cloaking applications is a lattice design a sequentially repeating network of identical elements.
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The excluded category, of course, comprises the grounds which do not have artificial structures on them.
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Indeed, it can be grown in natural ponds or artificial structures.
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Common starlings prefer urban or suburban areas where artificial structures and trees provide adequate nesting and roosting sites.
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Increasingly, these artificial structures are being removed to allow natural river activities to resume.
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Fields may contain both natural and artificial structures, including bunkers, barricades and bases.
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Artificial structures such as bridges and roof tops are also used.
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Molecular beam is useful for fabricating thin films in molecular beam epitaxy and artificial structures such as quantum wells, quantum wires, and quantum dots.
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There are reports of bird and bat mortality at wind turbines as there are around other artificial structures.
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Its inhabitants generally prefer to live in trees rather than in artificial structures.
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It colonises pebbles, bedrock, shells and artificial structures.
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The device accentuated the effortless flow between natural conditions and artificial structures.
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