fingernail
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Another uses lasers to imprint circuits just 12 nanometers wide—about the length your fingernail grows in 12 seconds.
From Cars to Toasters, America's Semiconductor Shortage Is Wreaking Havoc on Our Lives. Can We Fix It? | Andrew Blum | June 28, 2021 | TimeThose are races that could be decided by the length of a fingernail.
Teens are among the swimmers to watch in U.S. Olympic trials | Fred Bowen | June 16, 2021 | Washington PostOften no larger than a fingernail, microchips are exquisite feats of engineering that pack tens of millions of components to optimize computations.
A Google AI Designed a Computer Chip as Well as a Human Engineer—But Much Faster | Shelly Fan | June 15, 2021 | Singularity HubThe pages regularly shared hate speech and misinformation, largely targeting India’s Muslim minority, including Islamophobic depictions of Muslims as green monsters with long fingernails.
Facebook Banned a Hindu Extremist Group—Then Left Most of Its Pages Online for Months | Billy Perrigo | June 10, 2021 | TimeTo access the single, straight-edge blade on the Bond, you first have to open the pliers, then locate the blade, and finally use your fingernail to pick it open.
They found a shirt button on the floor and a broken fingernail on the floor.
Indiana Serial Killer’s Confession Was Just the Start | Michael Daly | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA place where unexplained delays are a matter of course, and where public fingernail clipping is considered only a minor sin.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe could find Waldo anywhere while tripping—like beneath a fingernail or inside our eyelid.
He took one up, eased a stray safety match from his vest pocket, flicked it with his fingernail, and lit up.
Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.
He yanked off the cover, losing most of a fingernail in the process, and removed the fuse.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyHer dainty pointed fingernail, varnished blue, stabbed at points of light.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer Bradley"Let's see now," he said, and ran a highly polished fingernail down a long column of names.
Back Home | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for fingernail
/ (ˈfɪŋɡəˌneɪl) /
a thin horny translucent plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the end joint of each finger: Related adjectives: ungual, ungular
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