width
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Yet when heat is examined at distances far smaller than the width of a human hair, it can behave in unexpected ways.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
The brain tumour, he said, was like "a monster with tentacles spreading across the underside of my brain the width of a baseball".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
In this case, however, the team observed electrons arranging themselves at temperatures near -253°C. Their microscope could resolve structures as small as one hundred-thousandth the width of a human hair.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
When they designed a table using a plank with a natural gap, they left the gap in the center, which helped them get the right width and refine its shape.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The Pavilion of Thought had been a ballroom; its doors were twice the height of normal doors, and more than twice the width.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing width
Geometry - Introductory
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Measurement and Data, List 2
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Geometry (Base List)
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