If I have Avogadro number of these things in a long line, you can bet it is going to be a solid.

如果在一条直线上,这些东西有阿伏伽德罗常数那么多，你肯定会说它是固体。

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The force may taper off, the force may not be given by a straight line, but for modest deformations, every spring will have a linear regime in which the force is linearly proportional to the stretching.

它产生的力可能会渐渐消失,力的曲线可能不是一条直线,而有轻微的弯曲,每个弹簧都有一个线性区间,在这一区间内,力和伸长量是线性关系

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It is an example of what I call the imperialism of the straight line, where you have large boulevards that you can march armies down to, reviewing stands and all of that, totally different than Moscow.

我所称的帝国主义直线型风格的范本,有足以让军队列队通过的宽阔的林荫大道,还有阅兵台之类的设计,这些和莫斯科太不一样了

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