Sentences with phrase «narrow stream of»

In October 2017, a long, narrow stream of clouds, storms, and moisture stretched across the Pacific Ocean for more than a week.

A break in a sand bar allows a fast - moving narrow stream of water through

As a pulsar spins, it emits a narrow stream of radiation, like the beam from a lighthouse; astronomers detect it only if the beam happens to sweep past Earth.

Hotspots were thought to be caused by a narrow stream of hot mantle convecting up from the mantle - core boundary called a mantle plume, the latest geological evidence is pointing to upper - mantle convection as a cause.

Jets are narrow streams of gas that emerge from the cores of some galaxies, travel at more than 99 percent the speed of light, and penetrate as much as several million light - years into intergalactic space before fanning out into broad, luminous lobes.

Jets are narrow streams of gas that emergefrom the cores of some galaxies, travel at more than 99 percent thespeed of light, and penetrate as much as several million light - yearsinto intergalactic space before fanning out into broad, luminous lobes.How might a black - hole whirlpool generate such a pair of waterspouts?Swirling bundles of magnetic field lines, flinging particles outwardfrom the poles of the hole, provide a natural explanation.

Mantle plumes are thought to be narrow streams of hot rock rising through Earth's mantle and spreading out like a mushroom cap under the crust.

Atmospheric rivers are narrow streams of moisture that account for 30 to 40 percent of the typical snow pack and annual precipitation along the Pacific Coast and are associated with severe flooding events.

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By pivoting to multiple revenue streams, you reduce the vulnerability of a narrow product line, alter your business with changing market conditions, and create long - term stability for your enterprise.

Take the trouble of narrowing down your russophobic stream to the original question: statues and necessity of their destruction.

When Cassini probed below the haze and into the troposphere, it revealed that the width of Saturn's bands alternates with latitude: narrower ones are darker and coincident with rapid jet streams, and the wider bands tend to be brighter, aligned with jets that are slower and maybe even stationary, relative to the general rotation of the planet.

The heart of a jet stream is a relatively narrow band of strong wind a few hundred miles wide that can reach speeds of more than 200 miles per hour.

The gas is dragged along by the strong gravity of the black hole to form a narrow gas stream.

A plasma cutter works by streaming pressurized gas such as argon through a narrow channel, where it acquires an electrical charge, transforming it into a blade of plasma traveling more than 1,500 miles per hour.

The shape of the appendix is perfectly suited as a sanctuary for bacteria: Its narrow opening prevents an influx of the intestinal contents, and it's situated inaccessibly outside the main flow of the fecal stream.

A quick glance at the Hubble picture at top shows that this celestial body, called He 2 - 90, looks like a young, dust - enshrouded star with narrow jets of material streaming from each side.

A popular theoretical model says that magnetic - field lines in the spinning disk are twisted tightly together and confine the fast - moving particles into narrow «jets» streaming from the poles of the disk.

When a pair of researchers aimed the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope toward a famous quasar, they sought evidence to support a popular theory for why the superfast jets of particles streaming from quasars are confined to narrow streams.

Strong jet stream winds have focused a narrow ribbon of moisture, like a river, into the West Coast.

So the scientists set out to test two main theories: whether the supernova was caused in part by two narrow jets of material streaming out of either end of a rotating star, or whether it was the result of stuff «sloshing» around inside, leaving behind a lumpy shape.

Yet the dramatic growth in the 1970s of schools within «conservative» Protestant religious movements led to a narrower definition: a «Christian school» is one that's affiliated with one of the conservative Protestant denominations, such as Southern Baptist and Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, and, in general, with one of the dominant streams within conservative Protestantism — the evangelical, charismatic, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal religious movements.

In addition to its ease of use in narrow spaces and ample room for cargo, there's an available Technology Package that includes things like MP3 audio capability, NissanConnect with Navigation via a color touchscreen, rear - view monitor, and Bluetooth hands free phone and streaming audio.

Muttering a stream of oaths under his breath, Doug Crawford quickly reversed out of the narrow tunnel, its wet clay walls lit by a single guttering carbide lamp near the tunnel face.

Published online monthly, Red Fez Publications features poetry and prose outside of the narrow, academic stream.

When the bladders of these cats are expressed, the stream of urine is very narrow.

And like a river or stream, narrowing or other causes of more rapid flow will disrupt this smooth laminar flow.

Lindos» maze of narrow alleys is crammed full of attractions for visitors streaming along in the daytime and lively with dance spots and music at night.

The fort was actually an island once, but the unloaded ballast of untold numbers of British ships has filled in the narrow stream between it and the mainland.

The approach through road or rail is full of narrow passes, deep ravines, gushing streams and waterfalls.

We enjoyed the silence of our non-motorised version, along with the ability to navigate narrower streams.

After eating breakfast and breaking camp we start hiking down the Silque Canyon, we will descend by way of the narrow canyon, following a stream that will gradually get bigger.

It's a journey even Indiana Jones would have to brace himself for: an hour - long rainforest hike, a swim across an ice - cold stream into the narrow mouth of a cave, and then a slippery descent into the dark, cavernous depths where bats, spiders, and ancient scorpion - like amblypygi lurk in the nooks.

The wavy black lines streaming from the top center of «Narrows (third version)» (1999) make an offhand homage to Op painter Bridget Riley's manner of corrugating picture space with systematic patterns, while also suggesting a Pop rendition of a cascade of flowing hair.

One wall of a narrower space in the gallery is filled with untitled drawings, which look like stream - of - consciousness doodles done during extended phone chats.

He returned to the «stream» painting of 1948 - 1951, exploiting a new device of flooding his canvas with white pigment until only narrow, ragged edges and trickles of dark tone could be discerned, somewhat in the manner of Clyfford Still.

A printing head narrower than a human hair delivers a toothpaste - consistency stream of a special lithium ink that hardens after discharge.

And since the temperature difference between the Arctic and the tropics is narrowing, and since it's the temperature difference that drives wind and ocean currents, then the jet stream that normally whizzes around the Arctic circle — thus keeping frozen air in one place and separating it from the warm breezes of the south — is, the theory goes, slowing, thus allowing warm moist air to penetrate into the north.

The idea, first outlined in a 2012 paper in Geophysical Research Letters, involves a narrow current of westerly winds that circumnavigates the top of the globe, called the polar jet stream.

Jet streams are relatively narrow corridors of particularly strong winds, which correspond to the location of the polar front and other areas of strong temperature contrast.

The polar jet streams are narrow, fast - flowing rivers of wind high in the Earth's atmosphere that push cold and warm air masses around, playing an important role in determining the weather.

Swiping to the left from the home menu brings you to your library, detailing all the content you've starred or recorded, while swiping right narrows your view to a selection of live TV available for streaming.

Think of the cover letter as a funnel that takes all your experience and narrows it into a concentrated stream of information.

Mirrors on the narrow upper cabinets reflect light streaming in from the bank of windows along the opposite wall.