fine spray

collocation in English

meaningsoffineandspray

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fine
adjective
uk
/faɪn/us
/faɪn/
good or good enough; healthy ...
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spray
noun
uk
/spreɪ/us
/spreɪ/
a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in ...
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(Definition offineandsprayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffine spray

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The marker was afinesprayof cold water ejected from a syringe on the head of the sleeping subject.
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The cells were allowed to settle for 3-5 min and then washed off in afinesprayof deionized water.
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Thefinesprayenters the heated capillary and the fine droplets evaporate leaving a beam of macromolecules to enter the mass spectrometer through two differentially pumped chambers.
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The water boils rapidly and ejects the burning material as afinesprayof droplets.
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When the trigger is pressed the paint mixes with the compressed air stream and is released in afinespray.
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In the absence of fog equipment, afinespraymay be used.
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These plumes are raised up over the bird's head (along with afinesprayof modified uppertail coverts) during his extraordinary display.
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While atomize has several definitions, in this context it means to form afinespray.
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This was the first commercially-feasible application which allowed afinesprayto escape through a nozzle mounted on a small container.
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The oil is atomized into afinesprayusually by forcing it under pressure through a nozzle.
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