Sentences with phrase «for fractions of a second»

To sustain the heavens and the earth by the fiat of his omnipotent word, so that if this word were withdrawn for the fraction of a second the universe would be plunged into chaos — how light a task compared with bearing the burden that mankind may take offense, when one has been constrained by love to become its saviour!

All right all you God - mockers out there, I would like you to consider the following, even for a fraction of a second, which is probably your attention span: You are all suffering from what the ancient Greeks called HUBRIS.

Pushing onto his right foot, the midfielder arrives on the edge of the box and feints a shot, causing central defender Jamaal Lascelles to hesitate for a fraction of second, leaning the weight of his body marginally to his right to block Ox's path and consequently moving away from Mohamed Salah in the box to his left.

It only takes you looking away or being distracted for a fraction of a second.

They last for a fraction of a second and contain as much energy as the daily output of the sun.

Inflation predicts that the universe expanded exponentially for a fraction of a second, making it mostly smooth and flat.

Stirred together in roughly equal proportions, they form a fluid that turns miraculously solid for a fraction of a second wherever it's struck.

Back at the office, the pairs of photographs are scanned into a computer, which displays them alternately for a fraction of a second each.

The countdown reaches zero, the world's most powerful laser fires silently for a fraction of a second at a fuel target, and results pour in.

At the far end, in the table's highest numbers, lie unstable elements that only exist for fractions of a second before they radioactively decay.

«It's the equivalent of the Large Hadron Collider acting in the atmosphere for a fraction of a second,» he says.

Cosmologists propose that the entire universe once consisted of this strongly interacting elixir for fractions of a second after the Big Bang when conditions were dramatically hotter and denser than they are today.

The scientists asked 64 14 - year - olds to look at images of yellow and blue dots that flashed on a computer screen for a fraction of a second.

At the top of each jump, we become weightless for a fraction of a second.

It just seems to be very quiet for a fraction of a second or two.

If it weren't for the persistence of vision — the human eye's ability to retain a given image for a fraction of a second — movies wouldn't move.

An interesting technique Friedkin employs is the repeated use of shots that last for a fraction of a second.

The power steering was cutting out for a fraction of a second at a time, while making the noise louder.

Because a tire is in the air for a fraction of a second over any ripple's low - point, ABS senses this and releases some brake pressure.

As I was driving I flashed my brights and was surprised when the engine seemed to almost completely cut out for a fraction of a second.

It only lasts for a fraction of a second, doesn't continue once the engine is running, and doesn't happen if I shut the engine off and start it again a few minutes later.

It only lasts for a fraction of a second, doesn't continue once...

The interior lights and radio flashed for a fraction of a second when this happened, and the clock on the dash reset itself.

It certainly does that, but on winding, bumpy country roads attacked with a knife between your teeth, a momentary stability - threatening tug at either rear wheel suggests that certain conditions can outfox the system for fractions of a second.

Incandescent bulbs have a filament which has much lower resistance when cold than when it's been on for a fraction of a second.

The driver assist system also works together with the radar guided cruise control and this comes in very handy especially when you're driving in a trail and lose concentration for a fraction of a second.

Indie authors will have to work hard just to get their book in front of readers for a fraction of a second — and the only point of contact is going to be the book cover design.

The amount of radiation used is very small, and exposure lasts for a fraction of a second.

Oftentimes, you'll create a visual bridge for a fraction of a second, only to overshoot the camera and miss an opportunity.

This can be seen in Ksana (derived from the ancient Sanskrit word for a fraction of a second in time) on view at the gallery through June 27th 2015.

We only see Carter's image for a fraction of second; first we are startled and objectified by the unexpected flashing of multiple cameras installed next to the screen, before it appears.

Using his father's enlarger, Friedman exposed each negative, consecutively, for a fraction of a second.

When I saw the poster for the exhibition and then the works, I asked myself if you weren't afraid (at least for a fraction of a second) that everyone will attribute / corelate / compare the project with Yves Klein and his YKB blue?

Once in a while, I will get an artifact for a fraction of a second.

«I also noticed a strange artifact with the Fury X. Horizontal bands of static would occasionally appear, blinking for a fraction of a second.

By default, app icons are shown on the taskbar, overlapping the Action Center icon for the fraction of a second, accompanied by the total number of new notifications stacked up in Action Center ready for you to dismiss them.

Animations would be really smooth almost all the time, and then intermittently just stop for a fraction of a second before continuing at smooth pace.

Right now, a smart contract can only run for a fraction of a second on Ethereum.»

Asphalt 8 was also playable in high visual quality mode but I could see the frame freezing for fraction of a second.

Lines break up a page and stop the eye from reading further momentarily, allowing the brain to process the just read information for a fraction of a second longer should there have never existed a break line in the first place.

Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden showed people pictures of both happy and angry faces for a fraction of a second and observed how people reacted.

Not exact matches

For me, as a race car driver used to things happening in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.

Holographic video has been held back by requirements for ultrafine screen resolutions and staggering data rates — a crisp, moving, holographic image can burn through terabytes of data in a fraction of a second.

Check out reclamation yards and recycling centers for second - hand desks, chairs and basic equipment for a fraction of the cost.

But what was once a clunky, costly transaction conducted via landline telephones now takes place online, in seconds, for a fraction of what full - service brokers used to charge for the service.

Should he turn from us for a mere fraction of a second we would cease to exist.

If the television is on but I'm not watching and that ad plays Nugent's guitar, for just one fraction of a second it is a Saturday morning in Spring 1983.

This is the pleasure that comes from an expertly weighted cross-court lob, or a perfectly squared - off dove joint, or that moment when the crumpled envelope doesn't even touch the edges of the bin and you feel, just for one blessed fraction of a second, like the greatest human being in the history of the universe.

That was half - a-second behind Ledley King's all - time Premier League record strike of 10 seconds at Bradford in 2001 and a fraction behind Alan Shearer's effort for Newcastle against City in 2003.

JumpSport's patented Staged Bounce tech allows half of the trampoline's springs to engage immediately and the other half to engage a fraction of a second later for a smooth, powerful bounce.