Sentences with phrase «accelerating them backward»

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In the case of the parallel stance, the athlete's drive leg should move backward as the head, trunk and pelvis remain still before being rapidly accelerated by the front leg into forward acceleration.

They came up with a simple mathematical model, published today in Biology Letters, to see how fast a quadruped could accelerate without tipping over backward.

The clocks go back, which accelerates the onset of darker evenings and the «shorter days» inevitably lead to calls for the tradition of putting clocks forward or backward to stop.

Also, on grades, a hill - assist system will capture brake pressure to help the driver more smoothly and comfortably accelerate away from a stop by reducing the tendency of the vehicle to roll backward when the engine is in shut - down mode.

Primarily, the gearbox attempts to mimic a manual transmission and doesn't creep forward when idling, slips the clutch when accelerating from a stop, and rolls backward slightly when starting on an incline.

MT models feature Incline Start Assist, which can prevent the vehicle from momentarily rolling backward when accelerating away from a stop on an incline.

When you're accelerating from a dead stop on a steep incline, hill start assist helps keep the vehicle from rolling backward, a fear of many drivers.

In a rear end collision the torso is accelerated forward with the car, but the neck supporting the head moves backward in extension.