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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A break in a sand bar allows a fast - moving
narrow stream of water through
In October 2017, a long,
narrow stream of clouds, storms, and moisture stretched across the Pacific Ocean for more than a week.
Not exact matches
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
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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.