Sentences with phrase «by eccentricity»

Other mechanisms, both oceanic and terrestrial, that depend on the precession amplitude modulated by eccentricity, can be evoked together with the variation of dust influx in the western Tethys to explain the detected eccentricity periodicity in the δ13C record.

There is a modulation of the envelope of this by the eccentricity cycle.

On the inside, though, prepare to be dazzled by eccentricity, outrageous decor and bizarre wallpaper.

Enter the Soronprfbs, an eclectic musical outfit whose disdain for vowels is matched only by the eccentricity of frontman Frank (Fassbender), who lives his life enclosed in a huge, cartoonish prop head.

All four are seduced by the eccentricity and scope of Hill House, which, in real life is Harlaxton College, a 19th century British manor.

Unfortunately, for Rudolph and O'Dowd, while their characters are sweet and likeable, they're entirely overshadowed by the eccentricities of the bridesmaids.

Those of us of a certain codex geekery — myself included — were enthralled by its eccentricities and potential.

It's been more than a decade since Grayson Perry RA won the Turner Prize for a series of brightly coloured, darkly themed ceramic vases decorated with images inspired by eccentricities and archetypes found in contemporary British society.

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At the beginning of the second half Rangers appeared almost resigned, and the jubilant Celtic support were giving voice with «We're off to Dublin in the green, in the green...» They were silenced abruptly by the first of Fallon's moments of eccentricity.

As we enter the run - up to the 2018 midterm elections, Trumpism is weakening under its own self - inflicted wounds, the ambivalent legitimacy of Trump's election by a popular minority due to the eccentricities of the Electoral College, and a spreading realization that behind the economic populism of his campaign rhetoric is the most reactionary Republican economic and social policy agenda since the late nineteenth - century era of Social Darwinism and Jim Crow.

Referred to as «extreme KBOs» (eKBOs) by the authors, all of these have extremely large orbital eccentricities, in other words, they get very close to the Sun at one point on their orbital journey, only to swing far out into space once they pass the Sun, on long elliptical orbits that take these strange mini worlds hundreds of AUs away from the Sun.

In astronomical jargon, the process by which long, oval orbits change into close orbits is called «high - eccentricity migration».

Kane and his colleagues were able to confirm its extreme eccentricity and the rest of its orbital parameters as part of the Transit Ephemeris Refinement and Monitoring Survey (TERMS), a project led by Kane to detect extrasolar planets as they pass in front of their stars.

If that's true and if it holds in the future — if people continue to defend other people's eccentricities because a) they think it's cool to live in a world of harmless eccentrics and b) for the sake of their own protection — then you would likely see a 51 percent or 60 percent or 70 percent dictatorship by a majority that insists on crushing intolerance.

Merline also discovered that these objects must be real by demonstrating that the new moons are moving in orbits that seem to be in the same plane as Charon, and with low orbital eccentricity — like Charon.

By matching these isotope ratios to the astronomical cycle — Earth's orbit oscillates between an elliptical and circular path on a roughly 400,000 - year cycle — the researchers found that patterns of glaciation and ice retreat followed the eccentricity of our planet's orbitthey report in the December 22 Science.

Precession: difference between the longitude (along our orbit) toward which the axis is tilted, and the longitude of perihelion, multiplied by earth's eccentricity.

The discovery of hundreds of exoplanet candidates by NASA's Kepler mission enables astronomers to characterize the eccentricity distribution of small exoplanets.

For planets with eccentricity 0.5, our EBM suggests that the greatest habitable semimajor axis can vary by more than 0.8 AU (78 %!)

If confirmed by future observations, this would imply a highly elliptical — or otherwise asymmetric — disk gap with an effective eccentricity of e = ~ 0.3.

It is believed that the PETM was likely initiated by changes of the orbital parameters of the Earth (eccentricity, obliquity and precession of axis) causing an increase in the intensity and distribution of solar radiation reaching the earth (Sexton et al, 2011).

«By comparing the actual New Horizons observations of Charon to the various predictions, we can see what fits best and discover if Charon could have had a subsurface ocean in its past, driven by high eccentricity.&raquBy comparing the actual New Horizons observations of Charon to the various predictions, we can see what fits best and discover if Charon could have had a subsurface ocean in its past, driven by high eccentricity.&raquby high eccentricity.»

Given the large orbital eccentricities of these two objects (which move beyond 500 AUs of the Sun), some astronomers have argued that they were likely to have been strongly perturbed by a massive celestial object (which is unlikely to have been Neptune as they do not come close enough to feel its gravitational influence) such as the passing of a rogue planet (perturbed from its primordial orbit by the gas giants of the inner Solar Sylstem) or one or more passing stars, which could have dragged the two objects farther out after initial orbital perturbation by Neptune or as part of a «first - generation» Oort Cloud.

In the 1970s and 1980s, some astronomers suggested that observed flare activity or light minima in EV Lac's light curve between flares could have been caused by an eclipsing companion with an orbital period of around 45 years and a high orbital eccentricity (e ~ 0.5)(G. Sh.

Indian scientists made direct contributions — ranging from designing algorithms used to analyse signals registered by detectors to ascertain those from a gravitational wave to working out parameters like estimating energy and power radiated during merger, orbital eccentricity and estimating the mass and spin of the final black hole and so on.

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Women here say they feel outnumbered, overworked and underwhelmed by the tech industry's egos and eccentricities: A koan of the local dating scene: «The odds are good, but the goods are odd.»

Edward's own dad Lionel is a gentle soul, nicely played by Adrian Scarborough; but his mother Marjorie, played with courage and attack by Anne - Marie Duff, is a talented artist whose eccentricities have escalated into mental disturbance due to a horrendous accident: being hit by an opening train door on a railway station platform.

While it doesn't top the eccentricity of Wiseau's cult favorite, Best F (r) iends is written by a man who understands, probably more than anybody, the appeal behind The Room's creator, and directed by another man who understands not to mess with that connection and whatever ideas come spewing from it.

Bateman does an effective job directing the movie, which is based on a novel by Kevin Wilson (with a script by playwright David Lindsay - Abaire), smartly opting for understatement from his performers, so that their characters» eccentricities have something to play against.

Perhaps contemplating his pension, Neeson is gruff and distracted; Zeta - Jones seems nervous and apprehensive beneath her slinky bravado; and only Wilson, by virtue of the slacker nature of his character (played memorably by Russ Tamblyn in the original as a cynic more interested in the value of the house on the real estate market), strikes an authentic note of eccentricity laced with fear.

The eccentricities of the characters and the nostalgia emanating from the wonderfully evocative production design by Chris Kennedy all add up to a charming film of considerable entertainment value.

Much of the movie's laughs are generated by Kurt, a caricature of eccentricity whom Mr. Schwartzman turns into a human being.

His secretary, played by the lovely Lily James, is new to the job and experiencing his eccentricities for the first time as well.

The guys surrounding him vary in levels of eccentricity and are brought to life by Glenn Powell, Tyler Hoechlin, J. Quinton Johnson, Ryan Guzman, Wyatt Russell, and Juston Street.

The eccentricities are undercut by a genuine darkness, yet the film remains a complete delight; hilarious and gorgeous and eminently rewatchable.

Furthermore, the MPDG is usually identified as being a static and simplistic character, whose personality traits are marked by her girlish quirks and eccentricities, such as playing the ukelele or singing in the rain.

Like Fiennes, more famous faces (Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Jonah Hill) come and go quickly, all beautifully framed by esteemed cinematographer Roger Deakins, but the parade of glorified cameos only makes the film's eccentricities seem more disconnected.

Few games feel so over-produced yet so embellished by its auteur's eccentricities.

So undefined and eccentricity - free are these men and women that their pre-film status as art historian and university lecturers is implausible, even unthinkable: When Blanchett's curator offers Damon the mother lode of archival keys, a little journal with index numbers matched to stolen artifacts, he seems surprised by the very idea of librarianship.

(U.K.) This warm - hearted new comedy by Stephen Frears («The Queen») celebrates flavors of British eccentricity in a bucolic village.

Christopher Walken is a multiple Oscar nominee, but his talent has been overshadowed to significant degree by both his highly imitable vocal delivery patten and penchant for eccentricity as well as, simply put, his love to work, which has led to him appearing in many dozens of films, including a lot of dreck.

The characters come off as fully lived - in with no eccentricities and faults tacked on by the writer to make them more interesting.

uu Buffeted by family problems, a 12 - year - old boy goes to live with two uncles whose eccentricities make his own troubled household seem almost tame.

Crossfire Edward Dmytryk, USA, 1947, 35 mm, 86m This adaptation of writer / director - to - be Richard Brooks's novel The Brick Foxhole, about a group of vets, led by Robert Mitchum's Sergeant Keeley, searching postwar Washington for their amnesiac friend (George Cooper) so they can clear him of a murder charge, embodies the essence of what has come to be known as «film noir» — moody, troubled characters; nocturnal action; chiaroscuro cinematography; low - key acting spiced with bits of bravura eccentricity; and a plot so crazy that it feels like a nightmare.

After a series of encounters with a group of weird people (mentioned above and played, in order of eccentricity, by John Turturro, Frances McDormand, Ken Jeong, and John Malkovich), he and his new girlfriend Carly (Rose Huntington - Whiteley) are caught up in a plan to move the Autobot and Decepticon home - world to Earth.

Regardless of genre or format, Herzog's ongoing cinematic obsession has almost always been an exploration of the intersection of madness (or, at the very least, eccentricity) and genius (or, at the very least, creative yearnings), whether it be the story of a man dragging a 300 - ton boat over a mountain in the Amazonian jungle (Fitzcarraldo) or of a wannabe animal rights activist being eaten alive by a bear (Grizzly Man).

The eccentricity kicks in from the first shot, a parched panorama scored by the piercing, hundred - hornet buzz of Jonny Greenwood's extraordinary avant - garde soundtrack.

A secretive genius detective tracking down Light, he's played by Lakeith Stanfield as a bundle of eccentricities and nervous tics, a guy who hides behind a hoodie, wolfs down candy by the truckload, somersaults over furniture and has his assistants sing him songs at random.

This series has turned a silly joke into something more by giving the character her own playground, where her eccentricities become a part of the fun.