size Définition - Anglais Dictionnaire | size Explications et Prononciations

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.

[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

(graph theory) A number of edges in a graph.

(figuratively, dated) Degree of rank, ability, character, etc.

VT To classify or arrange by size.

VT COL To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.

VI To take a greater size; to increase in size.

(Britain, Cambridge University) OBS To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.

VT OBS To swell; to increase the bulk of.

VT To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.

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- The reduction in the ship's size naturally reduced her stowage.
- The impact of the nanofeature diameter with sub-100nm size on bacterial adhesion have been studied for TiO 2 nanotubes and researches lead to conflicting results [70 ,71 ].
- 2003: It pays to practice shuffle steer to ensure that you can get the size of correction you need when the time comes. — Carl Lopez, Going Faster!: Mastering the Art of Race Driving p. 225
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- Sizing the acetabulum on an orthogonal lateral view of the acetabulum will provide additional insight on sizing, particularly in the nonhemispheric acetabulae.
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- The level of decomposition and dissolution could be modified by changing the plasmogenous gas or feed powder grain size.
- A few iconoclasts insist that bulbs can reflower, and you may be proving them right, but it is more likely that you started with at least two bulbs similar in size.
- This dress fits like a glove! How did you know my size?

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