upper corner

collocation in English

meaningsofupperandcorner

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upper
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌp.ər/us
/ˈʌp.ɚ/
at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part ...
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corner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɔː.nər/us
/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/
the point, area, or line that is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, ...
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(Definition ofupperandcornerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In ornithischians, it can form a prong that projects from the frontuppercornerof the orbit.
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The forewing are mustard brown with a dark fuscous discal spot at theuppercornerof the cell.
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With 1972 by 1997 stand in leftuppercorner.
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The eyes were opened but fixed to the leftuppercorner.
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The frontuppercornerof the "fenestra antorbitalis" and the rearuppercornerof the bony nostril are positioned at about the same height.
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The scapula had a large rectangular acromion, with a sharpuppercorner, on the lower front edge.
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The reader can deduce the concentration by comparing the colors with the "colorbar" at the rightuppercornerof the image.
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The two pages are numbered in the outsideuppercorner33 and 34.
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The top angle of the prism (theuppercornerin the accompanying picture) can be chosen to influence the exact dispersion characteristics.
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The drama masks that bite onto the two upper corners of the scroll header with cursive title communicate the familiar, theatrical nature of magic.
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The transom features tracery in the form of a fan with radiating ribs connected by two rows of swags and a three-petal flower in each of theuppercornerquadrants.
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Another way in which isometric projection can be visualized is by considering a view within a cubical room starting in anuppercornerand looking towards the opposite, lower corner.
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It will have been noticed in some of the figures 2 that diagonal bands of light and dark are seen to spring from the upper corners of the container.
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Epicranium reddish brown to olive-brown, the pale median band almost or entirely obliterated, often bordered by two red lines converging towards the upper corners of the eyes.
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Brood frames usually have some pollen and nectar or honey in the upper corners of the frame.
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Most of the time, he stays in single rooms in hotels and generally picks the beds on upper corners while travelling on tour buses.
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These beetles can form groups that tend to stay in upper corners of windows.
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The upper corners turn more easily than the center of the nail tip.
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