Sentences with phrase «force of a grain of sand»
«This force of one hundred femtoNewton that presses on a molecule of one nanometre can be compared with the force of a grain of sand on a person's shoulder.
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Cut off from real communication with others, they feel like grains of sand, washed back and forth by the waves of impersonal forces, having friction with others but no organic relatedness.
«The waves travelling through the dune move individual grains of sand, which exert a force on the geophone that we use for measurements,» Vriend added.
The force measured in one molecule can be compared with the force of one grain of sand pressing down on a person's shoulder.
Once saltation is well under way, by far the majority of grains in motion are actually blasted off the sand surface by the impacts of other saltating grains, rather than being carried along directly by fluid forces of the wind.
The water molecules push back against the sand, raising the water pressure so it's strong enough to force the grains out of contact with one another, while the shaking allows grains to readily move.
The increasing force of a sandstorm depends on collisions between individual sand grains, a new model predicts.
Like grains of sand funneling toward the «narrows» of an hourglass, marriage forces couples into a vortex of emotional struggle, where, to grow up, each must hold on to himself or herself, in the context of each other.
It deconstructs common notions of «failure to communicate» and shows how «Like grains of sand funneling toward the «narrows» of an hourglass, marriage forces couples into a vortex of emotional struggle, where, to grow up, each must hold on to himself or herself, in the context of each other.»