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  • 41fine-toothed comb — ☆ fine toothed comb [fīn′to͞oth′fīn′to͞otht′ ] n. a comb with fine, closely set teeth: also fine tooth comb [fīn′to͞oth′] go over with a fine toothed comb to examine very carefully and thoroughly …

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  • 42Very Long Baseline Interferometry — (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy. It allows observations of an object that are made simultaneously by many telescopes to be combined, emulating a telescope with a size equal to the maximum separation between …

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  • 43fine paper — ➔ paper * * * fine paper UK US noun [U] ► FINANCE loans in the form of bonds, etc. which have only a very low risk that they will not be paid back …

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  • 44fine trade bill — ➔ bill of exchange * * * fine trade bill UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE a BILL OF EXCHANGE(Cf. ↑bill of exchange) (= a document ordering the person it is given to to pay a particular amount of money at a particular time for goods or services) that has… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 45fine-tooth comb — n go through/over sth with a fine tooth comb to examine something very carefully and thoroughly ▪ The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine tooth comb …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46fine-tune — v [T] to make very small changes to something such as a machine, system, or plan, so that it works as well as possible ▪ Over the next few days, we fine tuned the scheme and made some useful improvements. >fine tuning n [U] …

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  • 47fine art — noun uncount objects such as paintings that are created to be looked at because they are beautiful or interesting have/get something down to a fine art INFORMAL to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult the fine …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 48fine as frog's hair — (USA) If something is as fine as frog s hair, it is very delicate and fine. The phrase is facetious as frogs do not possess hair …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 49fine-tooth comb — (also fine toothed comb) ► NOUN (in phrase with a fine tooth comb) ▪ with a very thorough search or analysis …

    English terms dictionary

  • 50fine|spun — «FYN SPUHN», adjective. 1. spun or drawn out until very small or thin; delicate in texture: »finespun linens. 2. very subtle: »The materialist…mocks at finespun theories (Emerson) …

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