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U-shaped  adj.  Having the form of the letter U; specif. (Phys. Geog.), Of valleys, resembling a broad U in cross profile.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"U-shaped" Quotes from Famous Books



... chromatin fibres during division, excepting G, which represents the "nucleus-spindle" of an egg-cell. A, resting nucleus; D, wreath-form; E, single star, the loops of the wreath being broken; F, separation of the star into two groups of U-shaped fibres; H, diaster or double star; I, completion of the cell-division and formation of two resting nuclei. In G the chromatin fibres are marked a, and correspond to the "equatorial plate"; b, achromatin fibres forming the nucleus-spindle; c, granules of the cell-protoplasm forming ...
— Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) • George John Romanes

... a U-shaped tube t to a very large reservoir R1. Especial care was taken in fitting the grinding surfaces of the stoppers p and p1, and both of these and the mercury caps above them were made exceptionally ...
— Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High - Frequency • Nikola Tesla



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