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What does U-shaped mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word U-shaped? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Shaped like the letter "U"; bent such that the two ends are parallel.
  2. have a cross-section similar in apperance to a broad U (for example a U-shaped valley).
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The diagram shows the gasoline within the U-shaped tube, so that it is on a level with the gasoline in the float chamber.
She wore an oversized white t-shirt and light grey sweatpants, and she had a U-shaped nose piercing.
The maximum range velocity is derived graphically by drawing a tangent from the origin to the U-shaped power curve for flight.
Pure and dry olefiant gas is passed over anhydrous sulphuric acid contained in a U-shaped tube.
If a U-shaped glass tube were divided in two by a semipermeable membrane and filled with two solutions the osmotic pressure could be shown.
There is therefore no J or U-shaped curve for alcohol consumption and cognitive disorders, nor did the study reveal any link with dementia.

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