The Iconia W510 is smartly designed with curved edges and a slim 0.35-inch thin build.

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For all her thin build she was impossible to lift, to hoist to his shoulder and hold there.

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He is described as about 6ft (1.82m), of very thin build, with brown short hair, and he wears glasses.

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The suspect is described as a white man, 17 to 24 years old, 5ft 7in and of very thin build.

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The heads operate along the X and Y axes, while the build platform (generally heated in the case of ABS and unheated for PLA) moves downward, allowing the glue gun-like extruders to build up the thin layers of plastic.

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Also, scientists at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been able to build a nano-thin layer of particles of titanium dioxide, a substance that reacts with sunlight to break down dirt and other organic material.

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You say you're looking for a laptop with a 15-inch screen, top-notch build quality and a pinch-thin frame?

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These printers use something like a toothpaste tube of plastic or other material held vertically in an X-Y plotter that squirts out thin layers of tiny dots of material that build up, layer by layer, to produce a 3D replica of the computer-generated design.

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These products also enable system builders to build high-performance, high-capacity systems, including new thin and light laptops, at mass-market price points.

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But spreading ourselves too thin too often creates a dilution effect in our strength and time, and limits our ability to build what we care about most.

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