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
  • The fine structure of these two events may reveal a bit more, and confirm the big-picture conclusions.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Eventually the process creates an ice sheet with a fine structure that has thin needles of ice going all the way down through the sheet.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2017
  • In Murphy’s study, the fine structure constant agreed with that value to about 50 parts per billion.
    — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Saban asked on the SEC teleconference about the rule and fine structure.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Everybody talks about green buildings today, fine structures with green accolades attached to them.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 31 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Lots of fleshy black cherry fruit with juicy cassis flavors, with some fine structure and mouthwatering acidity.
    — Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The visualization technique enabled the study of the fine structure of the flow’s turbulence.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025
  • However, Webb’s data was about ten times more precise, revealing fine structures of heating and cooling for the first time.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The state agency revised its fine structure to increase the maximum penalties in 2024.
    — Lizzie Kane june 26, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Structural frames inspired by the fine structure of bird bones could create lightweight lattices of tubes, with varying sizes reflecting the forces acting upon them.
    — James Rose, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The $5,000 fine represents the top end of the city’s fine structure — one officials hope to use infrequently.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The extra pressure on the dark matter from the quantum effect also inhibits fine structures in dark matter, resulting in a fuzzy appearance.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
  • By measuring the fine structure constant in many settings, Murphy is challenging this assumption.
    — 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
  • To print fine structures, an appropriate choice of parameters is necessary, or printing error occurs.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 May 2017
  • But there are still a small number of landlords who have yet to comply with the program — and city officials feel the current fine structure is inadequate to incentivize good behavior.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike the Southeastern Conference, the Sun Belt does not have an automatic fine structure in place for fans rushing the field.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 3 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
  • Astronomers are eager to study the corona with a number of experiments, including high-altitude research planes, to better understand fine structures within it and why the corona is millions of degrees hotter than the surface of the sun.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 4 Nov. 2022
  • While data from the Keck telescope indicate the fine structure constant was once smaller, the data from the Very Large Telescope indicates the opposite, that the fine structure constant was once larger.
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Using Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), scientists now have an up-close view of individual stars and the fine structure of the gas flowing between the galaxies.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025

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