Word: arraying
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...achieve the exacting specifications for the mirror, Perkin-Elmer used an optics template, a tubular array of smaller mirrors and lenses linked by connecting rods, to guide the grinding and polishing processes. When the Allen committee tested this template assembly, it found that there was a critical error of 1.3 mm (0.05 in.) in the placement of the template's components. The Hubble mirror was carefully fashioned to match exactly this error in the template...
Biological weapons can employ a deadly array of organisms and naturally occurring toxins. Packaged inside small bombs and delivered by aircraft or artillery shells, the germs would be released in a mist of infectious droplets that victims would inhale. A tiny amount would go a long way. Less than 1 g (0.035 oz.) of a bacterium called tularemia could produce thousands of deadly doses. U.S. officials insist that soldiers can be protected from such an attack with gas masks and nonpermeable clothing. But the gear cannot be worn indefinitely, especially in the desert's searing heat, and strains resistant...
Student groups here often rely on an array of labels to describe themselves that is sometimes bewildering. Outsiders often find the distinctions between words difficult to comprehend, but within these groups, emotions over names still runs high...
...clearly stated in our published material, the admissions process takes into account a wide array of information which goes well beyond SAT scores and a list of extracurricular activities, the two "standards of the American college admissions process" which Mughogho asserts puts foreign applicants "necessarily at a disadvantage...
...command of the Bundeswehr Ost, the remains of the former East German army, has inherited a logistical nightmare: getting rid of the Soviet army. According to U.S. military attaches, the Soviets have more than a million tons of munitions stockpiled on German soil, not counting the array of tanks, guns, planes and rocket launchers to deliver them. In addition, the 380,000 Soviet troops still stationed in East Germany occupy some 2,000 military "objects," which means everything from barracks to hospitals to airfields. If the Soviets meet the current four-year timetable for withdrawal, they will have to dispose...