Sentences with phrase «distance between the lines»

In order to standardize his versions of the transit maps, angles are kept at 45 degrees, parallel route lines would sometimes be combined, and a minimum distance between lines is maintained throughout each illustration.

Not exact matches

For everywhere between the lines are signs of shock and personal crisis that began the moment he laid eyes on his African destination: the Ogowe River and, in the distance, Lambaréné.

Whitehead's account of the perceptive mode of presentational immediacy, as he explicitly states, is dependent upon a definition of straight lines in terms which make no appeal to measurement (unlike the definition, «the shortest distance between two points»): «It is to be noted that this doctrine of presentational immediacy and of the strain - locus entirely depends...

For example, studying advanced geometry is important because it makes students consider worlds quite different from the world they assume to be «true» — worlds where parallel lines meet, where the shortest distance between two points is a curved line.

We assume that we know points D and E on a particular line of tradition; we can assess the distance between D and E and also the direction DE.

Put tablespoonfuls of mixture onto a lined baking tray, leaving a generous distance between each cookie * (you may only do 6 or 7 at a time).

Measure the distance between the two lines after the film has been stretched.

It's always fun to play what - if, and I have only my postulations to keep me warm as I think about the cold, barren distance LSU was unable to traverse between the 1 - yard line and sweet victory.

Marginal Explosiveness: the difference between a player's IsoPPP ** (passing, rushing, or receiving) or IsoPPP allowed (for an individual defender) and the expected IsoPPP value of each play based on down, distance, and yard line.

Instead of quickly looking to go long, we were now moving the ball over much shorter distances, looking for Dembele between the lines.

«The Olympic stars will line up alongside the world's best distance runners in what promises to be a remarkable battle between the strongest men's field ever assembled for a marathon.»

Because side sleepers rest on one side, the distance between their head and mattress is greater than stomach sleepers and back sleepers, therefore, they need a much thicker, more supportive pillow to remains their body in a right line

Brodsky has taken issue with Rice's «career Albany politician» line, noting that it could just as easily apply to Cuomo himself — even as the AG strives to put some distance between himself and the dysfunctional state government that has been entirely run by members of his party since 2008.

More accurate distances between the most common type of «planetary nebulae» and the Earth can be estimated simply with three sets of data: firstly, the size of the object on the sky taken from the latest high resolution surveys; secondly, an accurate measurement of how bright the object is in the red hydrogen - alpha emission line; and thirdly, an estimate of the dimming toward the nebula caused by so called interstellar - reddening.

The typical double canal, the Phison, is roughly speaking, 2,250 miles long; the distance between the centers of the two lines is about 130 miles, and each line is, perhaps, 20 miles in breadth.

Two additional experiments used only ensemble displays, showing oil rigs at different distances from the storm's center and either on or between forecast lines.

This mapmaking technique, though it stretched and compressed landmarks and distances between them, had the great advantage that a straight compass course was represented by a straight line on the map.

LOS Distance gives you the straight line distance between you and the target, plus Scan Mode for continuous tracking of movement or scanning an area.

The distance between certain lines in the spectrum reveals the strength of the magnetic field in that location — information that can't be measured directly otherwise.

Guessing that the church was built with the same orientation as the temple it replaced, he measured the distance between the center line of the church and the stones to the south.

The distance between two lines in the pattern is a few micrometers.

Its forms — triangles, squares — are simple because the rules are two - dimensional: Space does not curve, and the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

To test the concept, scientists have built two small satellites called cubesats that will practice lining up in orbit to construct a single telescope with a focal length as large as the distance between them.

Microscopic imaging of the intestines revealed that the average distance between gut bacteria and the intestinal cells was reduced by more than half; bacteria seemed to be advancing toward the gut lining.

THE WATERCOLOR EFFECT In this illusion by Italian vision scientist Baingio Pinna, a thin, orange contour adjacent to a darker purple contour casts an orange tint over long distances — as though a watery paint was filling in the gaps between the orange lines [see «Illusory Color and the Brain,» by John S. Werner, Baingio Pinna and Lothar Spillmann; SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, March 2007].

Applying trigonometry to the angle formed between these two lines determines distance.

Through a collaboration between the University of Calgary, The City of Calgary and researchers in the United States, a group of physicists led by Wolfgang Tittel, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary have successfully demonstrated teleportation of a photon (an elementary particle of light) over a straight - line distance of six kilometres using The City of Calgary's fibre optic cable infrastructure.

- Two Pine Siskins, banded at York a year apart in the winters of 1987 and 1988, were re-trapped an hour apart in May 1988 at Duluth, Minn. (The straight - line air distance between Hilton Pond and Duluth is 990 miles.)

So, for instance, it can take an image of a line of dancers executing the same kick and standardize their heights and the distances between them.

The «Line» tools allows you to drop a line onto the surface of the asteroid and manipulate it to your liking, after which the application will display data regarding the distance between the beginning and end of your chosen path, as well as the elevation covered covered along the Line» tools allows you to drop a line onto the surface of the asteroid and manipulate it to your liking, after which the application will display data regarding the distance between the beginning and end of your chosen path, as well as the elevation covered covered along the line onto the surface of the asteroid and manipulate it to your liking, after which the application will display data regarding the distance between the beginning and end of your chosen path, as well as the elevation covered covered along the way.

Based on the extreme, deduced photometric redshift of GRB 000131 indicating that the gamma rays had travelled an extreme long cosmological distance, astronomers predicted a «break» in the red region of the spectrum around 670 to 700 nm from the strong absorption of light from intervening intergalactic hydrogen clouds along the line of sight between GRB 000131 and the Solar System.

The difference in distance between your two eyes makes your thumb (a relatively nearby object) line up differently with the object that is across the room (a relatively distant object).

Neurite length was calculated using the following formula; NL = α × T × (π / 2), where α is the number of times the neurite intersects the grid lines and T is the distance between the gridlines on the magnified image (taking into account the magnification factor) or was calculated using ImageJ analysis software.

There are four lines of information, three of which are fixed (current speed, trip distance and ride time) and one at the bottom that can be switched between average speed, total ascent and calories burned.

Remember, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, so you must keep the barbell in the proper path.

In «Brad's Status», a movie that distances itself from the usual Stiller films, writer - director Mike White walks the fragile line between humor and heartbreak.

The script captures the courage and nuance it took for them to tread the precarious line between respectful distance and graphic detail in order to get and tell the story.

Lifeguard # 2 was very methodically measuring out the distance between his umbrellas, carrying a few out at a time, putting them up and then calmly walking back to the storage hutch for more to add to his line of umbrellas and chairs.

Notice that there's almost no distance between the 2006 and the 2012 lines.

Similarity by racial makeup calculates the five cities with the lowest total differences in Hispanic, Black, White, and Asian subpopulation percentages using a euclidean distance calculation, or the difference between two points using a straight line.

Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to apply principles of unit interval and order to construct number lines and evaluate distances between numbers on the line.

The open question is whether Buick has put enough distance between its first Avenir model and the regular trims to get buyers to line up for it as they do for the profitable Denali versions of GMC trucks and SUVs.

It was easy to adjust the car's following distance, and even on long, sweeping curves the Q50 stayed on track without ping - ponging back and forth too much between the road lines.

With its successful set - up the TT also proves that the shortest distance between two points may well be a straight line, but that real fun is found taking bends.

General Motors wants GMC to put more distance between the Sierra and Silverado pickups, which translates to finding more features, and finding a way to make a fully equipped Sierra Denali (the highest trim line) top $ 75,000.

As the sill line, by contrast, moves up slightly to the rear in a slow and gentle curve, the distance between the character and sill lines becomes smaller near the rear wheel arches.

Tests at the Mercedes - Benz Technology Centre have shown that this PRE-SAFE ® function and preventive belt tensioning increase the distance between the shoulder and the inner door lining by up to 40 millimetres at a lateral acceleration of 0.6 g, enabling the sidebag to fulfil its protective function even more effectively.

Colored lines help guide you and help you to gauge the distance between your vehicle and another object.

It not only shows lines indicating the distance between objects and the rear bumper, it also has lines that show where the car will go depending on how the wheels are turned.

The illustration below shows a trending market that is respecting a trend line, however, the distance between each retest has become shorter over time.