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surface

adjective as in external

verb as in come to the top of

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Sallam continued: "High-resolution CT scans and 3D surface models enabled us to reveal unprecedented anatomical details."

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A long-standing challenge has been that only a small share of the carbon surface area needed for energy storage has been usable.

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The folds of the cerebral cortex also stabilize, forming the ridges seen on the outer surface.

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In other words, the coronagraph acts like an artificial Moon, blocking the Sun's bright surface to let scientists continuously observe its faint outer corona -something the real Moon does only during eclipses.

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There have also been early signs of nationalistic Chinese sentiment bubbling to the surface, including an incident in Tokyo involving a person waving a Chinese flag at a busy intersection.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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