Sentences with phrase «off raindrops»

When it rains, the signal received at the next tower down the line can be weakened by reflection off raindrops.

Total rainfall over an area is generally calculated indirectly, by using a Doppler radar that bounces electromagnetic waves off the raindrops.

Not exact matches

Postseason games are all raindrops on a mountain, each racing to the summit, nicking off angles and facets unpredictably, with the winner getting there because it accidentally took the best path to the bottom.

Waves of light or sound fired at an object tend to bounce off its surface like raindrops on an umbrella, collectively exerting a subtle nudge called radiation pressure that pushes the object away.

Some have created superhydrophobic coatings that make freezing raindrops bounce off surfaces instead of forming ice and sticking.

Radar works by sending out radio waves that reflect off particles in the atmosphere, such as raindrops or ice or even insects and dust.

Some pulses rebound off the forest canopy, while others slip between the leaves like raindrops and ricochet off the ground.

More than 300 runners took off among raindrops in Geneseo for this morning's Strollin» for the Colon at Genese Central School, 4050 Avon Rd., Geneseo.

The visuals conjured by Favreau and the cinematographer Bill Pope are consistently first - rate, from the intense action sequences — a stunning stampede of water buffalo, more than one life - or - death encounter with Shere Khan — to the moments of quieter beauty: a frog wiping a raindrop off its head; a regal simian cityscape; a recently shed snakeskin large enough to sheathe a school bus.

With warm tires and on dry blacktop, take - off often is a brief and shrill shouting match, but as soon as the first raindrops fall, the chip - controlled guardian angels work overtime by means of diligent torque distribution (between the rear wheels) and cautiously dosed torque vectoring (by momentarily decelerating those two wheels that are closest to the apex).

The final note is one that only a scientist and poet like Sayre could pull off so beautifully: «Raindrops Inside You,» which describes how humans return raindrops to the sky through our breath and dryiRaindrops Inside You,» which describes how humans return raindrops to the sky through our breath and dryiraindrops to the sky through our breath and drying tears.

Pets sometimes lick the moisture off of blades of grass — this is fine if it is dew or raindrops, but could have serious consequences if it is a pesticide.

With the map disintegrating in his hands and raindrops sliding off his nose, he suggested we hike down once again toward a section of the river that looked promising.

My treatment starts with an aromatic footbath, and then an excellent massage, during which 31 lava stones are heated in hot water and placed on channel energy points of my body, this excellent 2 hour treatment is finished off by a tropical bamboo «raindrops shower» and a cool bath in the private candlelight cave dressing room.