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Such glaciers are shaped into long, narrow ice streams.

The image can take several forms.

In a certain range of Reynolds numbers, the wake arranges itself into a double row of vortices.

The trajectory will assume the form of ...

The variation may take the form (or shape) of amplitude modulation.

The airship tail surfaces have taken on three typical configurations (or forms).

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