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winding

[wahyn-ding] / ˈwaɪn dɪŋ /


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"One way to picture it is that the current "twists" the phase of the coherent quantum state of the superconductor, rather like winding a spring," explains Eryin Wang, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The winding and narrow nature of the road and the overgrown trees and bushes make it unsafe to drive fast.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

On TV, Herbert appeared to be looking off into space on the sideline as McDaniel sat chattering beside him, the game mercifully winding down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

So with the clock winding down and the game on the line, Chambliss wasn’t thinking about a national championship, or a Heisman trophy, or his suddenly soaring NFL draft stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Unfortunately, the map must be taken to the Thirty-Seventh Division headquarters at Calumpit, a lowland region of winding rivers more than forty miles north of Manila.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The company’s share price took a hit last month when the startup missed delivery expectations for the third quarter and lowered its production forecast, reportedly because of miscommunication with its supplier of copper windings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

They also discovered that the optical vortices could be modified by adjusting the topological charge, which is essentially the number of windings around the optical axis.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024

“Its height gradually diminished, and after a chase of one or two miles I lost it in the windings of the channel.”

From New York Times ● May 8, 2020

It’s that manufacturing agility that allowed a company whose top product was a tour-played ball with rubber windings to switch to solid-core, multilayer constructions with the introduction of the Pro V1 in late 2000.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 24, 2019

The din was on the causeway: a horse was coming; the windings of the lane yet hid it, but it approached.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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