vertical segment

collocation in English

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vertical
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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segment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈseɡ.mənt/us
/ˈseɡ.mənt/
one of the smaller groups or amounts that a larger group or amount can be ...
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(Definition ofverticalandsegmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If a point x is the top of a maximal chain, then its corresponding diagonal line does not cross anyverticalsegment.
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Both these ducts connect to the second part (theverticalsegment) of the duodenum.
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To remove substantial amounts of material in a grinding process,verticalsegmentgrinders are used.
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Upon reaching the temporal bone, the nerve's path can be divided into the internal auditory canal, labyrinthine segment, intratympanic segment, and descending orverticalsegment.
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What is squeezed between them is the triangle whose base is theverticalsegmentwhose endpoints are the two dots.
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Theorems 9 and 10 together imply that the net effect of the vertical segments is often neglible.
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It is based on the matching of vertical edges perceived in the picture and known vertical segments of the environment.
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Vertical segments show standard errors computed assuming a binomial distribution.
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Compact subsets of thisverticalsegmentare finite sets and points have measure 0, so the measure of any compact subset of this vertical segment is 0.
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Two vertical segments have been adjoined to the graph.
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For that reason the heat transport equation remains unchanged, while we have constant average temperatures along these adiabatic vertical segments.
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Moreover, the appearance of vertical segments is seemed counterintuitive and unsatisfactory.
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Then the use of vision to perceive the vertical segments of the environment so as to refine the orientation is presented.
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Such a minimizer cannot to be single-valued; more specifically, it necessarily contains a convex interior single-valued section bounded on either end by vertical segments of finite non-zero height.
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The lamps were still composed of three vertical segments, reminiscent of the original.
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The features of their site allow users to search based on name, company, location, and vertical segments to generate leads.
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It is an extension of the more common seven-segment display, adding four diagonal and two vertical segments and splitting the three horizontal segments in half.
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Once the trunk is found, the vertical segments may be easily computed.
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Some of these efforts are further targeted to specific vertical segments while others are tied to mapping products.
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It is an expansion of the more common seven-segment display, having an additional four diagonal and two vertical segments with the middle horizontal segment broken in half.
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