narrow+passage

  • 11passage — 1 pass, *way, route, course, artery 2 Passage, passageway, corridor, hall, hallway, gallery, arcade, cloister, aisle, ambulatory designate a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building or affording access to a particular room or… …

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  • 12Passage Creek — is a tributary stream of the North Fork Shenandoah River in Fort Valley, Virginia. It flows through two spine like Massannutten Mountains in a narrow gorge, mostly through US Forestry Service protected land [… …

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  • 13Narrow escape problem — The narrow escape problem is an ubiquitous problem in biology, biophysics and cellular biology. The formulation is the following: a Brownian particle (ion, molecule, or protein) is confined to a bounded domain (a compartment or a cell) by a… …

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  • 14passage — pas|sage [ pæsıdʒ ] noun *** ▸ 1 long narrow walled area ▸ 2 short section of something ▸ 3 way through a place ▸ 4 movement over place ▸ 5 process of making law ▸ 6 tube in body ▸ 7 (ticket for) sea trip ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a long narrow area …

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  • 15Narrow gauge railway — Track gauge by size Broad gauge St …

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  • 16narrow — adj 1. slender, thin, slim, spare, slight, gracile, narrow as an arrow, thin as six o clock, slender as a thread; tapered, drawn out, fine drawn, attenuated; narrowish, isthmian, narrow gauged. 2. meager, scant, scanty, sparse, scrimpy, exiguous; …

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  • 17narrow — narrowly, adv. narrowness, n. /nar oh/, adj., narrower, narrowest, v., n. adj. 1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path. 2. limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow… …

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  • 18narrow — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English narowe, from Old English nearu; akin to Old High German narwa scar Date: before 12th century 1. a. of slender width < a long and narrow room > b. of less than standard or usual width < a narrow sidewalk > …

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  • 19passage */*/*/ — UK [ˈpæsɪdʒ] / US noun Word forms passage : singular passage plural passages 1) [countable] a long narrow area with walls on each side that leads from one room or place to another There was a small office leading off a passage between the kitchen …

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  • 20narrow — nar•row [[t]ˈnær oʊ[/t]] adj. row•er, row•est, v. n. 1) of little breadth or width 2) affording little room: narrow quarters[/ex] 3) limited in range or scope 4) lacking breadth of view or sympathy 5) barely adequate or successful; close: a&#8230; …

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