structure

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This strong slowing effect allows the structure to shrink dramatically while still trapping light efficiently, resulting in a layer more than a thousand times thinner than a human hair.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Each type of light has a wavelength, which determines how small a structure can be while still controlling it effectively.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

But there are no rules on their structure or how many of them there should be—or if there should be any at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

BDC managers tell Barron’s that public debt is just one part of their financing structure and that their debt is laddered with staggered maturities.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Eight hundred thousand paper links have turned the overstuffed structure into a rocket.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman