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Definition of Openings
1. opening [n] - See also: opening
Lexicographical Neighbors of Openings
Literary usage of Openings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"On the basis of size, openings in rocks may be divided into (1) openings which
... For water, openings larger than capillary openings may be considered as ..."
2. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1905)
"The quadrilateral openings are therefore formed by concentric circles and ...
When the openings of the network are indefinitely small, the result of the ..."
3. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"The great majority of the clays, shales, and slates are largely composed of
particles smaller than 0.0012 mm. in diameter and their openings are ..."
4. The Genesis of Ore Deposits by František Pošepný (1902)
"continuity of the larger openings. Therefore, with a given pore-space, the flowage
may be vastly greater in the case of faults than in the case of joints, ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"It extends from the enlarged fire chamber С down into the ash chamber B, and it
is made with vertical openings through its sides for the admission of air ..."
6. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1917)
"Elevated deck openings are required over the engine and boilers. ... These openings
must be elevated, so that water sweeping the deck may not pass through ..."
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