Sentences with phrase «like wind and water»

To apply this idea to car design, van den Acker and his team analyzed motion itself and how forces like wind and water move in nature.

Not exact matches

Like fishing: When you're on the water there are waves and wind and weather and fish... you have to understand where all the layers are.

It is not coarse, not fine, not short, not long, not glowing (like fire), not adhesive (like water), without shadow and without darkness, without air and without space, without stickiness, odorless, tasteless, without eye, without ear, without voice, without winds, without energy, without breath, without mouth (without personal or family name, unaging, undying, without fear, immortal, stainless, not uncovered, not covered), without measure, without inside and without outside.

It is not coarse, not fine, not short, not long, not glowing (like fire), not adhesive (like water), without shadow and without darkness, without air and without space, without stickiness (intangible), odorless, tasteless, without eye, without ear, without voice, without wind, without energy, without breath, without mouth, without personal or family name, unaging, undying, without fear, immortal, stainless, not uncovered, not covered, without measure, without inside and without outside.

If they could only have cast their minds further back, perhaps they might have recalled a lost paradise: green and yellow meadows stirred by tender winds, umbrageous forests and emerald groves, glass - blue mountain peaks melting into azure skies, glittering bays whose diamond waters break in jade and turquoise surges on sands like powdered alabaster — where the rain falls gently, and is transformed by the setting sun into shimmering curtains of gold — where, beyond verdant valleys and limestone caves, lies a palace filled with every delight the senses can endure, enclosing garden courtyards where crystal fountains splash in porphyry basins, intoxicating perfumes hang upon the breezes, undying flowers of every hue shine out amid the greenery's blue shadows...

For what a presence he was, that snow - white fisherman With the long golden beak and the black stick legs, Whether preening his wind - riffled feathers As he stood on his bright - orange water temple (That pi - shaped torii that floated like a spirit), Or flapping prehistorically across the pond To stalk and stab in the dark water Plucking with dagger bill a twitching minnow.

As Jesus» action at the wedding at Cana reminds us we, like the water, need to be transformed into wine, and as the story of the Samaritan woman at the well shows we are all wounded people in need of healing and love.

The researchers do know that the presence of certain aerosols plays a large role in the formation of ice that leads to precipitation, but they also need to tease out the importance of that with other factors, like the amount of available water vapor and vertical storm winds.

Water droplets and ice crystals in the atmosphere condensed on the infusion of dust particles and settled into pouch - like formations due to wind currents.

Satellite imagery is used for all sorts of climate study, from identifying conditions that allow infectious diseases like West Nile virus and cholera to emerge, to creating models for predicting hurricanes, to distinguishing natural resources such as wind, water and sunlight.

It is mainly driven by the wind — which pushes water landward — and the low pressure of the storm that causes the water to arch like a convex lens.

Many have sustainability initiatives like buildings powered by wind and recycled water (Celgene), partnering with local Habitat for Humanity projects (Moderna), or volunteering at patient events like the National Veterans Wheelchair Games (BMS).

The currents are generated from the forces acting upon the water like the earth's rotation, the wind, the temperature and salinity differences and the gravitation of the moon.

Steve Mirsky: The rivers and that take the water — the fresh water hundreds of miles away where it winds up in places like Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Wind strength varies from year to year, but greenhouse gases, such as CO2, act like an amplifier to Antarctic coastal winds, boosting their intensity and allowing them to bring up warm water from the depths more frequently.

In essence, instead of flowing around stars like water past a stone, some of the gas and dust bunches up against stellar winds like vast snowdrifts.

Some energy sources, like rooftop photovoltaics and most wind power, are not water hogs, but experts say they are not likely to fill the nation's growing power needs by themselves.

But chemicals have hitched rides on winds and waters that have carried them there, as the cold climate acts like a sink for pollutants.

Other popular ideas included self - cleaning carpets and frying pans, lawns that keep themselves trim, self - watering plants, pens that remember what they have written, wallpapers, textiles and paints that change their colour or design when stimulated, anti-alcohol (a drink that makes you sober), «microfreezers» for rapidly cooling white wine and champagne, a multitude of devices that recognise and destroy unsolicited mail, and wind generators that can be flown like kites instead of being sited on attractive Welsh mountains.

Like kids building sandcastles below the tideline on the beach, scientists will let the walls of water travel along the flume and crash onto whatever researchers have built at the other end — which could include a novel type of dike, an artificial sand dune or gravel beach, or a pylon used to hold up an offshore wind turbine.

And automated washing equipment borrowed from the agricultural greenhouse industry — essentially automated water sprayers with brushes like those in a car wash — scan clean the glass house that shields the solar thermal equipment from the wind and duAnd automated washing equipment borrowed from the agricultural greenhouse industry — essentially automated water sprayers with brushes like those in a car wash — scan clean the glass house that shields the solar thermal equipment from the wind and duand dust.

Lisse thinks Pluto and its moon Charon plough through the solar wind like boats making wakes in water.

The San Francisco Bay Area is getting flooded with relentless rain and strong winds, just like it did a week ago, and fears of rising water are now becoming very serious

But Evans and his team found that the snouts also cut through water without creating vibrations — just like wind turbine blades through air (Journal of Fish Biology, doi.org/b43g).

In the open seas, heavy winds and deep waters lead to a high turnover in the water column, which prevents photosynthetic microorganisms like algae from converting sunlight into energy.

Dabiri studies biological fluid mechanics and wind energy — specifically how animals like jellyfish use water to move around.

The trade winds weakened again, and the already warm water in the central Pacific helped push things along, in McPhaden's words, «leading El Niño to rise, phoenix - like, from the ashes.»

Erosion by water and wind can wear down land and create landforms like valleys and canyons.

Silt is a solid, dust - like sediment that water, ice, and wind transport and deposit.

C. Carreau, ASPERA - 4 & MAG teams, Venus Express, ESA Annotated image illustrating loss of hydrogen through plasma wake Venus may have lost oceans of water due to a runaway greenhouse effect which evaporated water into the upper atmosphere, where ultraviolet light dissociated water into ionized atomic hydrogen and oxygen (some later incorporated into carbon dioxide) that were blown away by the Solar wind due to the lack of a strong magnetic field like the Earth's (more).

When mixed with water, it forms a mucilaginous (gel - like) consistency that soothes throat, digestive tract, and urinary tract irritation, and is also traditionally used externally as a poultice for minor burns and wounds.

You know I like to test the waters so today I've thrown every caution in the cold wind and braved my flashy yellow socks for a day in town, lots of stares but who cares really, It felt great, nothing else matters.

The light chiffon flows like the rhythm of the water when you stand in the wind and the air.

graduate of wind energy technology, like to install renewable sustainable energy systems including wind, solar, geo - thermal, solar hot water, wood gasification, and automatic bio-mass heating and cooling.

Im funny talkative like beon funy like haven fun posivetive hapygolucky say whats on my mind like indoors and out doors like cudlen and snugleen and very sexual like the lake and crafts and movies and im aquarieuas god of wind and water the perfect storm eweee

Several elements like Sky, Wind, Fire, and Water are attributed to these weapons too, giving them unique names and abilities.

Like a lot of war films, «The Water Diviner» is about how people and countries heal from the deep wounds caused by combat.

Like any good Silent Hill protagonist, Murphy's past is murky and mysterious, but with the water theme we'd bet that it turns out he drowned his wife and / or children at some point before he wound up in prison.

With only minor variations, Oceanhorn shamelessly borrows from the Zelda series, copying enemy designs, the ocean sailing from The Wind Waker, dungeon layouts, and characters like a certain water princess.

Piercing through the Los Angeles concrete jungle of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive means existing within a closed - door genre universe ripe with references and cues, and Driver moves like a dorsal fin cutting through the water.

If you liked «Sicario» and «Hell or High Water,» please seek out «Wind River.»

With a curriculum vitae that includes the likes of Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River, anything with Sheridan's name attached demands our attention.

To say that this is not a movie to everyone's tastes is to understate the point; Swiss Army Man leans into its vulgar absurdity at every turn, beginning with a triumphant opening scene of Dano riding Radcliffe's corpse across the water like a speedboat — powered, of course, by his ass wind — and only getting more gonzo from there.

It's not easy making a vehicle like this that isn't plagued with wind and water leaks, but Suzuki has done a credible job.

In response, Biren would laugh his silent laugh, which began at the upturned outer edges of his eyes and rippled through him like wind on water.

A horse whinnied in response, then silence but for the faint wheesh of wind and water that, like feud and memory, pour forth unceasing in the Borderlands.

Not only is your personal property protected against things like fire, theft, and vandalism, but also against less common perils like wind and many kinds of water damage.

You'll feel more like a sailboat that's using the wind to tack and go in the direction you want to, with less effort, versus not understanding the environment and having your sailboat tossed about while you toil and fight to stay above water.

During the winter, there are tons of ways to keep water from freezing, like using heated water bowls and shielding the bowls from wind.

Water proof coats can protect your pet from the wind and rain and stop fur becoming matted if your dog likes to role in the mud.