The Dell XPS 12 is a touch Ultrabook whose display swivels to become a tablet.

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Sharp is also coming out with a sunflower-style solar cell that swivels on two axes to track the sun.

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It features 0 to 90 degree viewing and swivels at four sides when laid flat for enjoyment by more than one user.

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It's always a convertible PC of the traditional sort, one with a fixed screen that swivels around and can fold down into tablet mode.

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He swivels around and peers at me huddled in my chair.

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Deuce marked the evolutionary high point for stern steerers, embodying such important innovations as a winglike mast, designed by aeronautical engineers, which swivels with the wind.

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That allowed them to take into account the way the eyeball, which is actually more pear-shaped than spherical, drags the eye's lids and brows slightly when the gaze swivels.

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Occasionally, a bird swivels so that its lighter-colored underbelly shows, lending tonal range to the work while also making sure the audience reads these as mynahs and not, say, crows.

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