a smooth surface

  • 41smooth — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English smothe, from Old English smōth; akin to Old Saxon smōthi smooth Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) having a continuous even surface (2) of a curve being the representation of a function with a continuous… …

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  • 42smooth — 01. The skin of a snake is not rough or slimy; in fact, it is quite dry and [smooth]. 02. We were worried that there would be a lot of disagreement at the meeting, but everything went quite [smoothly]. 03. There was no wind, so the surface of the …

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  • 43Smooth Toadlet — Taxobox | name = Smooth Toadlet status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Myobatrachidae genus = Uperoleia species = U. laevigata binomial = Uperoleia laevigata binomial… …

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  • 44Surface plasmon resonance — The excitation of surface plasmons by light is denoted as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for planar surfaces or localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for nanometer sized metallic structures.This phenomenon is the basis of many standard… …

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  • 45Surface area to volume ratio — In chemical reactions involving a solid material, the surface area to volume ratio is an important factor for the reactivity, that is, the rate at which the chemical reaction will proceed. In some industries it is abbreviated sa/vol.Physical… …

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  • 46surface — sur|face1 [ sɜrfəs ] noun *** 1. ) count the top layer or outside part of something: a smooth/rough/hard surface Road surfaces are slick from the icy rain. Wipe the surface with a damp cloth. a ) the top layer of water or land: We saw fish… …

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  • 47surface — I UK [ˈsɜː(r)fɪs] / US [ˈsɜrfəs] noun Word forms surface : singular surface plural surfaces *** 1) a) [countable] the top layer or outside part of something Wipe the surface with a damp cloth. a smooth/rough/hard surface Road surfaces are… …

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  • 48surface — I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from sur + face face, from Old French more at face Date: circa 1600 1. the exterior or upper boundary of an object or body < on the surface of the water > < the earth s surface > 2. a plane or curved …

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  • 49Smooth lanternshark — Taxobox name = Smooth lanternshark status = trend = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Squaliformes familia = Dalatiidae genus = Etmopterus species = E. pusillus range range map width …

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  • 50surface — surfaceless, adj. surfacer, n. /serr fis/, n., adj., v., surfaced, surfacing. n. 1. the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area. 2. any face of a body or thing: the six surfaces of a cube. 3.&#8230; …

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