thin piece

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To demonstrate this precision, the researchers used a standard laser to create a microscopic monochrome portrait of Albert Einstein on a thin piece of the material, with points spaced just 700 nanometers apart.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

The long, thin piece of metal looked like a scaffolding pole when Trevor Penny saw it on the banks of an English river last November.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

And its implant resembles a very thin piece of tape that sits on the surface of the brain and can be implanted via a "cranial micro-slit", which it says is a much simpler procedure.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

She carefully carved a thin piece and aimed it in my direction.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

You can’t hammer two coconuts together, she decided, but if I had a thin piece of board…and lined the coconuts in rows…I could hammer a nail through the board and into the coconuts.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr