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Definition of Flakes
1. flake [v] - See also: flake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flakes
Literary usage of Flakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"To remove the second series of flakes from the same margin but the opposite face,
the edge must again be beveled in the manner previously described. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1905)
"Throughout this bed, down to the Boulder-clay, flakes -were found ... The change
from the artificial flakes and cores of the lowest bed to the naturally ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"The tube, which before this treatment did not show this defect, was then examined
for flakes and numerous large flakes were found on longitudinal radial ..."
4. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1868)
"So, also, in New England, during a period of intense cold, we sometimes see flakes
of snow descending from the sky, although there is no cloud sufficient to ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"In about ten different localities flint cores have been found buried with the
flakes; and from a careful observation of them it appears that they are of ..."
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