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A company in Nova Scotia builds portable drilling platforms used to locate new oil fields underwater. To build a platform, the company had to construct a specially designed dock with a large permanently placed crane able to lift a 20 tonne structure onto its floating base. This expensive dock and crane are examples of which of the following?


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Equivalent

Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Word Order

The arrangement of words in a sentence to convey meaning, determined by the grammatical rules of a language.

Metaphor

A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, implying a resemblance.

Pain

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.

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