Sentences with phrase «detect roughness»

Some of the evidence is based on radar reflections, which detect roughness at the sea surface.

However, by «using a texture rather than a dot, the researchers found the hand can detect roughness just 75 nanometers high» — a nanometer being one thousandth of a micron!

If it is smooth, it adjusts the carburettor settings to add more air, creating an increasingly lean mixture until it detects roughness.