fracture line

collocation in English

meaningsoffractureandline

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fracture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.tʃər/us
/ˈfræk.tʃɚ/
a break or crack in something hard, especially ...
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line
noun
uk
/laɪn/us
/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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(Definition offractureandlinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The powder identified as calcite in afracturelineof the substratum we believe originated from the penetration of calcareous deposits in ground water.
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They concern the newfracturelinein international affairs and its implications for human rights and world harmony.
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Beware of scapholunate injuries in radial styloid fractures where thefracturelineexits distally at the scapholunate interval.
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This is an unusual example in that there is nofracturelineat the neck.
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The break was along an oldfracturelinecaused by a previous earthquake.
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Escola, however, described the broken pieces, and a diagram of the bottle was made showing the location of thefracturelinewhere the bottle broke in two.
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Has the question of objectivity introduced new and problematical fracture lines among the partisans of limited (or high) autonomy?
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A few females and even fewer males are in the alate form with relatively large membranous wings that can be shed at a basalfractureline.
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They are both termed drupes because both have a hard endocarp, or pit, surrounding the seed, with the endocarp naturally splitting along afracturelineduring germination.
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I would therefore like to highlight two or three fracture lines which we will have to deal with.
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Erosion along fracture lines separated it from a nearby cliff.
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The natural fracture lines (sutures) of the head run along the top edges of the compound eye.
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The fracture lines (or sutures) that in moulting separate the fixed from the free cheeks (fixigenae and librigenae) may converge or diverge in front of eyes.
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The head shield (or cephalon) has natural fracture lines that end at the tip of the genal angle or the rear margin (or it has gonatoparian or proparian facial sutures).
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