Sentences with phrase «amount of acceleration»

We certainly were not looking to make predictions, but I am surprised by the amount of acceleration of this glacier in the last 5 years.

There are, though, some handy attributes of this four - cylinder diesel, with the 318 lb - ft of torque that's available at a decent spread of the lower rev band endowing the Jaguar XF with a decent amount of acceleration.

It will also feature Nissan's autonomous control features included in the ProPILOT Assist system, where the vehicle can help the driver on the highway with things like keeping in a lane, and reducing the amount of acceleration, braking and steering.

Those who aren't driving snobs will be overjoyed with the impressive amount of acceleration their new family sedan has.

The six - speed automatic showed the usual amount of acceleration lag we've come to expect in drive mode, but it was reduced when we moved it over to sport mode.

For a car with such a small engine, the TSX delivers a formidable amount of acceleration and pickup, especially when pushed north of 3,000 rpm.

Equal acceleration gives equal weight transfer, regardless of where the tractive force is being put to the road (weight transfer under acceleration is primarily a function of wheelbase length, CG height, spring rates, and the amount of acceleration).

It drones under any amount of acceleration and makes the engine sound wheezy, loud, and coarse.

The only way to stimulate these fibers properly is by performing the positive portion of lift using the maximum amount of acceleration possible without any momentum (jerking and bouncing off the weights) and then returning the weight to the starting position at a lower rate.

As the spacecraft operates in its 53 - day highly elliptical polar orbit of Jupiter, scientists can study the minute amount of acceleration and deceleration Juno experiences as it moves around Jupiter.

As all fast Fords have done, the third generation Focus RS punches above its weight, it delivers remarkable amounts of acceleration and speed for a relatively small amount of money.

Not exact matches

We are entering 2018 with a tremendous amount of economic momentum, driven by a synchronized global economic acceleration and the Trump tax cuts.

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The following benefits are not subject to the HP Severance Policy, either because they have been previously earned or accrued by the employee or because they are consistent with Company Practices: (i) compensation and benefits earned, accrued, deferred or otherwise provided for employment services rendered on or prior to the date of termination of employment pursuant to bonus, retirement, deferred compensation or other benefit plans, e.g., 401 (k) plan distributions, payments pursuant to retirement plans, distributions under deferred compensation plans or payments for accrued benefits such as unused vacation days, and any amounts earned with respect to such compensation and benefits in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan; (ii) payments of prorated portions of bonuses or prorated long - term incentive payments that are consistent with Company Practices; (iii) acceleration of the vesting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or long - term cash incentives that is consistent with Company Practices; (iv) payments or benefits required to be provided by law; and

Also, their concept that time dilattion accounts for the day - epoc disparity is flawed because neither God nor man would be in a frame of reference where there is enough changing amount of gravition / acceleration required for the changing time - dilation effect.

The main one should be obvious to anyone who's taken even a joking three - point stance in a backyard football game: Both linemen have space to take at least one step, upping the acceleration they can get, and thus increasing the total amount of force in the equation.

«Think of the weight of a bacterium sitting on your hand — that's roughly the same amount of residual acceleration, of force, that a cube [is allowed to] deviate from freefall» on the spacecraft, McNamara says.

Until now, no - one has considered a possible connection between the general principle of relativity and the amount of dark energy in the universe, which is associated with the acceleration of the expansion of the universe, discovered in 1998.

It implied that «if you have two elevators, one made of normal matter and one made of superconducting matter, and accelerate them by the same amount, objects inside will feel different accelerations», de Matos says.

But the IPCC specifically excluded the mechanism able to produce the biggest amounts of water quickly - acceleration in the flow of ice from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the world's two major ice masses that would between them raise sea levels by about 70m if they completely melted.

Kids could have substantial amounts of customized remediation or acceleration, and even entire courses.

«Programs of enrichment and acceleration, which usually involve the greatest amounts of curricular adjustment, have the largest effects on student learning.

Acceleration is the option that will require the least amount of extra effort by the classroom teacher.

This page provides and enormous amount of activities and resources on desertification, its causes acceleration, consequences and management.

This is the claim of the long - standing «cognitive acceleration «movement led by Michael Shayer and the late Philip Adey, backed by a huge amount of peer reviewed research.

In one virtual lab, students can manipulate the angle of a ramp, the mass of a car that will roll down the ramp, and the amount of friction in the system in order to explore the impact these factors have on energy, velocity, and acceleration.

Also, the G35xS has great acceleration and a decent amount of torque (268 lb - ft) for a mid-size sedan, and I don't particularly have an issue with the sound of the V - 6.

You can rotate the car easily in turns using either throttle or steering input, and the amazing amounts of grip mean that later braking into — and earlier acceleration out of — corners is possible.

Of course, the amount of torque in a Turbo S down low in the rpm range gives a relatively higher consequent horsepower and great off the line acceleratioOf course, the amount of torque in a Turbo S down low in the rpm range gives a relatively higher consequent horsepower and great off the line acceleratioof torque in a Turbo S down low in the rpm range gives a relatively higher consequent horsepower and great off the line acceleration.

Transmitting 237bhp and 236 lb ft through the front wheels inevitably resulted in torque steer under hard acceleration, added to which was the VXR's fondness for following ruts in the road — both under acceleration and braking — a problem which, we discovered, got much worse as the front tyres wore down and the amount of «give» in the tread blocks reduced.

When your PCV valve was stuck open, the hard acceleration excited and heated the oil, and the higher levels of blow - by caused by high engine RPM allowed (relatively) large amounts of that oil through the valve into the intake plenum, causing the white smoke you saw.

LaFerrari takes advantage of the electric boost in a straight line, where the tires can handle the extra power output, but when the car is exiting a corner and the tires, limited by grip and lateral acceleration, can only transmit a limited amount of torque to the ground, the KERS system uses the V - 12's excess torque to recharge the battery pack.

As most of us both expect and desire in a top model, LaFerrari's engine is a V - 12, a big one with outrageous amounts of power backed up with an electric motor for added acceleration and a battery to recapture kinetic energy, as «green» ecologist / politicians demand these days.

As you might expect, there is a huge amount of grip, both in the corners and under acceleration, so it's not the most adjustable car until you're pushing extremely hard.

Thanks to an oil system with a return pump, the engine is always fed precisely the right amount of oil, even during maximum longitudinal and latitudinal acceleration on a racetrack.

Rear wheel torque transfer is increased by 50 percent over the amounts in 4WD Auto mode — meaning up to 60 percent of available torque is sent to the rear wheels under full - throttle acceleration on dry pavement.

Mounted between the engine and the CVT transmission, the IMA motor is a 70 mm thick DC brushless design and provides a substantial amount of low - end torque to aid acceleration, while also assisting in steady - state cruising and hill climbing.

Because the weight of a car is shifted toward the rear under acceleration in all cars as a rule, this further improves the amount of grip on the rear wheels, increasing the amount of torque that can be supplied to the rear wheels before wheelspin occurs.

Problems: The 2007 model received an uncharacteristic amount of complaints about things like a faulty driver's sun visor, hesitation at acceleration in 4 - cylinder models, jerky transmission and steering vibration while braking.

It starts with an angry bark, emits a huge amount of turbo whoosh and roars like an old - school rally car under hard acceleration.

Even though power dies off the higher up the rev - range you go the engine delivers respectable amounts of overtaking acceleration; enough to blast past that pesky Nissan 1400 bakkie chilling in the fast lane.

Despite the huge amount of power from the supercharged V - 8 engine, I found it easy to modulate acceleration, and the automatic transmission shifted seamlessly.

The outer rear wheel will receive most of the torque when cornering, with the exact amount determined by the control unit based on the steering wheel angle at that particular moment, plus factors like speed and lateral acceleration.

Acceleration is not earth shattering, but neither is it lacking; and with a healthy amount of torque generated across low to medium revs, the Tiguan offers assured performance with minimum fuss.

By controlling the amount of torque that 3 can be applied by the driver, the system reduces the likelihood of wheelspin to maintain traction and ensure smooth acceleration.

The car's accessories continue to operate using battery power, and the 11 kW electric motor - generator provides a small amount of torque to the wheels during acceleration.

Comparatively, the CVT drones in an aurally unpleasant way, making the car seem slower because the amount of noise is not commensurate with the sensory perception of acceleration.

There is no wheel hop to speak of and only a tiny amount of lift on acceleration and dive on braking.

Some features I like include: - very roomy and comfortable for a Civic - good acceleration; offers a Sport mode for faster speed when needed - great gas mileage (I get on average about 36 mpg and 45 mpg on the highway with economy feature)- sleek design for exterior and interior - large amount of trunk space for a Civic - smooth drive with CVT - great sound system, very crisp and clear - capless refueling system makes refueling easier - comfortable, plush cloth seats - backup camera and blind spot camera add