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  • 61Breadth-First-Suche — Breitensuche; Suchstrategie (⇡ Suchen) beim Durchlaufen einer Hierarchie von Objekten oder ⇡ Regeln, bei der alle Objekte bzw. Regeln einer Hierarchiestufe untersucht werden, bevor irgendein Objekt bzw. irgendeine Regel einer tieferen Stufe… …

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  • 62breadth extreme — noun : the width of a ship over the outside of all planking or plating at the widest frame …

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  • 63hair|breadth — «HAIR BREHDTH, BREHTTH», adjective, noun. –adj. very narrow; extremely close; hair s breadth: »When the tree fell, we had a hair breadth escape. –n. = hair s breadth. (Cf. ↑hair s breadth) …

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  • 64the length and breadth of — the whole extent of women from the length and breadth of Russia * * * the length and breadth of see ↑length • • • Main Entry: ↑breadth the length and breadth of : through all parts of (a place) I ve been/traveled the length and breadth of the… …

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  • 65Hair's breadth — Hairbreadth Hair breadth ( br[e^]dth), Hair s breadth Hair s breadth (h[^a]rz ). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled {hairsbreadth}.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 66hair's breadth — N SING: a N A hair s breadth is a very small degree or amount. The dollar fell to within a hair s breadth of its all time low... He did not swerve a hair s breadth from the decision he had made …

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  • 67by a hair's breadth — If a person escapes from some danger by a hair s breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been failure… …

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  • 68finger-breadth — fingˈer breadth or fingˈers breadth noun The breadth of a finger, a digit, as a unit of measurement (1.4cm or 3/4 of an inch) • • • Main Entry: ↑finger …

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  • 69fingers-breadth — fingˈer breadth or fingˈers breadth noun The breadth of a finger, a digit, as a unit of measurement (1.4cm or 3/4 of an inch) • • • Main Entry: ↑finger …

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  • 70hand's breadth — handˈbreadth or hand s breadth noun The breadth of a hand • • • Main Entry: ↑hand …

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