By applying more or less pressure, users can control line width and opacity of a drawn line.

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Intel announced this week that it would start to transition to 14 nm line width semiconductor processes by the end of 2013.

FORBES: Rare Gases and Fine Lines

Scaling the capacity with the line width indicates that 14 nm chips could have capacities of about 774 Gbits and 10 nm chips could have capacities of 243 Gbit.

FORBES: Rare Gases and Fine Lines

In 2011 Intel and Micron introduced 20 nm flash memory line widths (the width of the minimum features in the semiconductor devices).

FORBES: Rare Gases and Fine Lines

The bridge, which takes traffic across the railway line, is enforced with a width restriction and a three tonne weight limit.

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The nanotube is a straight line with almost no depth or width.

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Denied the alacrity of Dale Steyn through injury, South Africa recalled Nel while Morne Morkel, taking the new ball in Steyn's absence, made the most of the pitch, offering openers Andrew Strauss and Cook little width with a probing line around both left-handers' off stump.

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While a single, bed-width cushion creates an orderly line, a pair of bolsters one for each half of the bed makes more sense for bedmates with opposing propping needs.

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Since joining the Test side just 15 months ago, he has taken 89 wickets at 17.13 from his first 16 games through the simple tactic of landing the ball on a perfect line and length and consistently moving it half the width of the bat in either direction.

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