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Line 2: A '''deployable structure''' is a structure that can change shape so as to significantly change its size.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/3211836853 S. Pellegrino (Ed.), ''Deployable Structures,'' CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Springer, 2002]</ref><ref>http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/dsl/</ref> Examples of deployable structures are [[umbrella~~]]s, [[bistable structure~~]]s, some [[tensegrity]] structures, [[bistable structure]]s, some [[Origami]] shapes and scissor-like structures. Deployable structures are also used on spacecraft for deploying [[solar panel]]s and [[solar sail]]s. [[File:Nustar mast deployed v2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|NuSTAR deployable mast (2009) in the stowed configuration.]]

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