Sentences with phrase «fraction of a millimeter»

To me the most fascinating new Bentley technique is a method of cutting stone — granite in the specific samples on display — into thin sheets a tiny fraction of a millimeter thick.
Most experimental bacteria crawl just fractions of a millimeter per day.
The T300 Chi, on the other hand, feels well balanced despite the tablet portion being just a few fractions of a millimeter thicker and ounces heavier than its keyboard base.
Increased Precision: A laser beam's focal spot may be adjusted down to a small fraction of a millimeter or expanded for wider coverage.
Sure its only 4.6 mm bigger but in the world of phones where fractions of millimeters count and the human hand and eye can discern those infinitesimally small differences it does matter.
They're a touch larger — we're talking fractions of millimeters — which means a lot of older iPhone 7 and 7 Plus cases won't fit them.
The extra fraction of a millimeter on the XL can likely be attributed to the glass, which protrudes from the frame, whereas the Pixel 2 is completely flat up top.
But those fractions of a millimeter make a difference.
An alternate view is that the universe begins to contract after reaching its maximum expansion limits until it disappears into a fraction of a millimeter.
But the technique works only if the water moves very slowly — a fraction of a millimeter per second.
We can not see objects much thinner than a human hair (a fraction of a millimeter) or resolve motions quicker than a blink (a tenth of a second).
The moon rocks contain crystals, many of them fractions of a millimeter wide, that formed as the rock solidified, the researchers discovered.
Harvard University researchers have halted a pulse of laser light in its tracks and revived it a fraction of a millimeter away.
The microscopy techniques that permit imaging of brain cells in awake mice generally can't visualize anything deeper than a fraction of a millimeter below the brain's surface, whereas the mPOA is several millimeters deep.
«It may not sound like much, but it is significant considering that we can measure crustal motion with GPS within a fraction of a millimeter per year,» he said.
The «sub-millimeter» image, above, shows emissions from tiny dust particles (that are only a fraction of a millimeter in size) in orbit around Vega.
The result is an ultra thin (a fraction of a millimeter thick) lithium ion battery.
The home button on the front under the display only protrudes a fraction of a millimeter above the frame though, yet still has a satisfying click and feel.
Satellite measurements of skin temperature (uppermost layer; a fraction of a millimeter thick) in the infrared or the top centimeter or so in the microwave are also used, but must be adjusted to be compatible with the bulk temperature.
Below the screen sits a physical home button, which only juts out from the top of the frame by a fraction of a millimeter, and is flanked by a back button on the right and an overview recents button on the left.
It's only a fraction of a millimeter thinner than last year's, but we did notice when we held it.
Finally, it's worth noting that the small side bezels (a fraction of a millimeter shy of the LG G3's) coupled with 2.5 D glass make for an attractive illusion that makes the phone ultimately feel narrower and smaller than it is.
But those fractions of a millimeter make a difference.
The slim design isn't only in appearances as the device is just 7.8 thick, making it just a fraction of a millimeter thicker than the iPad mini.
Conversely, the camera hump on the back is raised just a fraction of a millimeter higher and sports a very obviously different glass texture to make identifying it without looking easy.
The bezels were also thinned out a fraction of a millimeter to compete with the thin bezels and small footprint of laptops like the Dell XPS 13.
The fingerprint scanner is recessed into the glass frame just a fraction of a millimeter, and the dual camera module above it juts out the same distance, creating a slight camera hump.
The phone is slightly thicker than what you would find from Samsung's identically named phone, but it's only a fraction of a millimeter thicker anyway; something that becomes unnoticeable over time, and is in no way thick overall.
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