How to Use fine structure in a Sentence

fine structure

noun
  • In fact, the key to fine structure may be the avian voice box.
    Adam Fishbein, Scientific American, 1 May 2022
  • Saban asked on the SEC teleconference about the rule and fine structure.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The fine structure of these two events may reveal a bit more, and confirm the big-picture conclusions.
    George Calhoun, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • In Murphy’s study, the fine structure constant agreed with that value to about 50 parts per billion.
    Sophia Chen, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Robert Dooling of the University of Maryland helped to pioneer the study of fine structure in birdsong.
    Adam Fishbein, Scientific American, 1 May 2022
  • Unlike the Southeastern Conference, the Sun Belt does not have an automatic fine structure in place for fans rushing the field.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The gold-colored view in particular highlights the fine structure of giant loops of material that arc over the sun's surface.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2014
  • In addition, bird feathers can get their color from the fine structure of their feathers, rather than directly from pigments.
    Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • Everybody talks about green buildings today, fine structures with green accolades attached to them.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 31 Oct. 2019
  • By measuring the fine structure constant in many settings, Murphy is challenging this assumption.
    Sophia Chen, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In addition, any fluctuations in fine structure constant are below 1 part in 100 trillion, says Antypas.
    Sophia Chen, Wired, 2 Aug. 2022
  • And instead of being designed, the fine structure of the UCLA device essentially organized itself out of random chemical and electrical processes.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The bill requires dirt, sand and rock quarry operations across the state to register with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and created a fine structure for companies that did not follow the requirements.
    Chris Shelton, Houston Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The conference already has an escalating fine structure in place for schools whose fans invade the playing area en masse in football and basketball, which typically occurs after significant or unexpected victories by the home team.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2022

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