two-dimensional

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Recent Examples of two-dimensional Within a few months, the team was able to adapt Yau and Yin’s techniques to work for an electron hopping around a two-dimensional grid. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025 The researchers achieved their results by placing a two-dimensional (2D) metal layer atop a silicon carbide substrate using a method called confinement heteroepitaxy. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025 This layer of electrons—called a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)—is highly concentrated and moves with little resistance. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2025 The Scalable Vector Graphics format is an open standard for rendering two-dimensional graphics. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for two-dimensional
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Adjective
  • However, they were limited to single steps to tackle multi-surface flooring and not intended for use on stairs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And that the smooth surface could harbor either a thick ice crust and thin ocean, or a thin ice crust and a thick ocean, with either possibility admitting the existence of sub-surface hydrothermal vents.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Strong applications are not built on superficial prestige or last-minute resume padding.
    Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • See, this is the problem with our superficial Instagram culture.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025

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