If you split something wide open then the inside is revealed even more.

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pin point accuracy

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squeeze (n.) 1610s, "act of squeezing," from squeeze (v.). Main squeeze "most important person" is attested from 1896; meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980. Slang expression to put the squeeze on (someone or something) "exert influence on" is from 1711.

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A lover?

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Charge separation means the positive and the negative charge are not present together but are separated from each other in a molecule. This usually arises when the bonding electrons between two atoms are not shared equally and are present closer to one atom than the other.1 Dec 2012

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There are only two types of charge, one called positive and the other called negative. Like charges repel, whereas unlike charges attract. The force between charges decreases with distance.

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If you describe a dispute or a legal case as open-and-shut, you mean that is easily decided or solved because the facts are very clear. It's an open-and-shut case.

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if you squeeze or stretch a piezoelectric crystal, you deform the structure, pushing some of the atoms closer together or further apart, upsetting the balance of positive and negative, and causing net electrical charges to appear.

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early 13c., pinchen, "to pluck (an eyebrow);" mid-14c. "compress between the finger and thumb or some device, squeeze between two hard, opposing bodies," from Old North French *pinchier "to pinch, squeeze, nip; steal" (Old French pincier, Modern French pincer), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *punctiare "to pierce," which might be a blend of Latin punctum "point" + *piccare "to pierce."

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force a way through; penetrate.

"they were seeking to pierce the anti-ballistic-missile defences"

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make (a hole) with a sharp instrument.

"I had to pierce another hole in my belt"

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make an opening in or bore a tunnel through.

"the dividing wall is pierced by arches"

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verb: pierce; 3rd person present: pierces; past tense: pierced; past participle: pierced; gerund or present participle: piercing

1.
(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

"a splinter had pierced the skin"

make a hole in
penetrate
puncture
punch
perforate
riddle
stab
prick
probe
gore
spike
stick
impale
transfix
bore (through)
drill (through)
lance
tap

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pierce someone's heart — affect someone keenly or deeply.

"pure love had pierced her heart

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Middle English: from Old French percer, based on Latin pertus- ‘bored through’, from the verb pertundere, from per ‘through’ + tundere ‘thrust’.

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[i′lek‚trän ′tən·əl·iŋ] (quantum mechanics) The passage of electrons through a potential barrier which they would not be able to cross according to classical mechanics, such as a thin insulating barrier between two superconductors.

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Tunneling is a quantum mechanical effect. A tunneling current occurs when electrons move through a barrier that they classically shouldn't be able to move through. In classical terms, if you don't have enough energy to move “over” a barrier, you won't. ... Tunneling is an effect of the wavelike nature.

A square wave is a non-sinusoidal periodic waveform in which the amplitude alternates at a steady frequency between fixed minimum and maximum values, with the same duration at minimum and maximum. In an ideal square wave, the transitions between minimum and maximum are instantaneous.

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Phase-shift masks are photomasks that take advantage of the interference generated by phase differences to improve image resolution in photolithography. There exist alternating and attenuated phase shift masks. A phase-shift mask relies on the fact that light passing through a transparent media will undergo a phase change as a function of its optical thickness.

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An attenuated vaccine is a vaccine created by reducing the virulence of a pathogen, but still keeping it viable.

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