as has definitions from the fields of chemistry,geography
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[ pronoun ] preposition
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[ adverb ] (often followed by `as') to the same degree

Synonyms

equally every_bit

Examples

"they were equally beautiful" "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly" "sang as sweetly as a nightingale" (`every bit' is informal as in "he is every bit as mean as she is")

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

The most infamous of all was launched by the explosion of the island of Krakatoa in 1883 ; it raced across the Pacific at 300 miles an hour , devastated the coasts of Java and Sumatra with waves 100 to 130 feet high , and pounded the shore as far_away as San_Francisco .

One of the most damaging tsunami on record followed the famous Lisbon earthquake of November 1 , 1755 ; its waves persisted for a week and were felt as far_away as the English coast .

Earthquakes originate as far as 400 miles below the surface , but they do not occur at greater depths .

( 1 ) As far down as 400 miles below the surface the material should be hot enough to be plastic and adjust itself to twisting forces by sluggish flow rather than by breaking , as rigid surface rocks do .

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

`` We '' were Bill_Garrett of the National_Geographic Illustrations_Staff , whose three cameras and eight lenses made him look as formidable as any fighting man we met ; Boun_My , our interpreter ; and myself .

Related terms

equal equal

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[ pronoun ] preposition
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[ conjunction ] conjunction, as a result of, explained by

Synonyms

because since for

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[ noun ] (geography) a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
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