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Using Graaff

  • In the example corpus, graaff often appears in combinations such as: de graaff, graaff generator, graaff of.

Context around Graaff

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

research 1× asherville 1×

Often after:

generator 6× reinet 4× recognised 1× achieves 1× accelerator 1× machine 1× generators 1×

Sentence patterns with Graaff

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

van de graaff generator 2× cemetery in graaff reinet is 1× farm between graaff reinet and 1× graaff reinet community 1× jan de graaff recognised that 1× marcel de graaff of the 1× street asherville graaff reinet 1× the research graaff is conducting 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a new cemetery 1× a van de 1× bac chief executive 1× baldwin and van 1× built in 1931 1× chicken is standing 1×

Common sentence endings:

de graaff generator 2× 15 years ago 1× 70 metres high 1× about 5 megavolts 1× after recent rains 1× asherville graaff reinet 1×

Words around Graaff

Just before it in the word index:

graaf 17 gra 115 gr 155 gqubule 2 gqp 7 gqom 8

Just after it in the word index:

graag 2 graal 4 graan 12 grab 2.097 grabar 12 grabara 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaj 26 abn 26 aboriginals 26 absalom 26 absolutism 26 abstractly 26

Corpus analysis for Graaff

  • In this selection, "graaff" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, research, asherville, generator, reinet and recognised stand out and add context to how "graaff" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include van de graaff generator and cemetery in graaff reinet is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "graaff" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with graaff

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A new cemetery in Graaff-Reinet is raising concerns. (9 words)

Chicken is standing on a Van de Graaff generator? (9 words)

Baldwin and van de Graaff are members of the group. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Thus the card reader’s transport mechanism was acting as a Van de Graaff generator, accumulating a little more charge from each card that passed over its rubber rollers, until thousands of volts were reached. (35 words)

A Van de Graaff generator terminal does not need to be sphere-shaped to work, and in fact, the optimum shape is a sphere with an inward curve around the hole where the belt enters. (35 words)

The chain can be operated at much higher velocity than a belt, and both the voltage and currents attainable are much higher than with a conventional Van de Graaff generator. (30 words)

Question examples

Chicken is standing on a Van de Graaff generator? (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

A new cemetery in Graaff-Reinet is raising concerns.

Baldwin and van de Graaff are members of the group.

Several news outlets identified the suspect as Guillaume Pradoura, a staff member for EU legislator Marcel de Graaff of the far-right Dutch party Forum for Democracy.

BAC chief executive Gert-Jan de Graaff recognised that the lengthy construction process actually began 15 years ago.

Lindy Hendricks, who lives on a farm between Graaff-Reinet and Aberdeen, said the hearts of farmers were “jumping for joy” after recent rains.

The research Graaff is conducting particularly examines the benefits and consequences of soil being locked into place by urbanization in the Treasure Valley.

Graaff-Reinet Community Tourism Association manager Jack van Niekerk said the constrained water supply had definitely had an effect on the town’s tourism industry, however.

It was also a smooth run for Van De Graaff of Gilbert, Ariz., who won four of the 13 events contested in the NCO division.

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Spokesperson Captain Bradley Rawlinson said the 32-year-old man was stabbed in the chest on Saturday morning at about 11:45 in Tulip Street, Asherville, Graaff-Reinet.

Thus the card reader’s transport mechanism was acting as a Van de Graaff generator, accumulating a little more charge from each card that passed over its rubber rollers, until thousands of volts were reached.

Built in 1931 by MIT Professor Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff, it remains the largest of its kind in the world.

Chicken is standing on a Van de Graaff generator?

A Van de Graaff generator terminal does not need to be sphere-shaped to work, and in fact, the optimum shape is a sphere with an inward curve around the hole where the belt enters.

For example, the Brookhaven National Laboratory Tandem Van de Graaff achieves about 30 million volts of potential difference.

In order to double the voltage, two generators are often used together, one generating positive and the other negative potential; this is called a tandem Van de Graaff accelerator.

In the Van de Graaff generator, the belt allows the transport of charge into the interior of a large hollow spherical electrode.

It consisted of a tandem Van de Graaff generator operating routinely at 20 MV, housed in a distinctive building 70 metres high.

The chain can be operated at much higher velocity than a belt, and both the voltage and currents attainable are much higher than with a conventional Van de Graaff generator.

The voltage produced by an open-air Van de Graaff machine is limited by arcing and corona discharge to about 5 megavolts.

This explains why Van de Graaff generators are often made with the largest possible diameter.

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Common combinations with graaff

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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