Sentences with phrase «only about a tenth»

It's not very efficient either, working on only about a tenth of cells.

Earth is mostly rock and iron; only about a tenth of a percent is water.

Three or four times a second, our eyes dart in a new direction, allowing us only about a tenth of a second to make sense of what we see in each spot.

As the energy output of the helium fusion process per unit mass is only about a tenth the energy output of the hydrogen process, this stage will only last for about 10 percent of a star's total active lifetime.

It is a variable star with only about a tenth of Sol's mass (0.1187 Solar - mass according to Torres et al, 2010), about eight to 35 percent of its diameter, and only 8.7 - 12 / 100,000 th of its luminosity.

Among the most obscure DC Comics adaptations in movie history is Steel, a Shaquille O'Neal vehicle that came and went very quietly in the summer of 1997, grossing only about a tenth of its relatively modest budget.

But at Mann, UCLA is taking on a school where only about a tenth of students are proficient in English and math.

The museum's complete collection contains over 3500 pieces, but only about a tenth of the collection is currently on display (some 320 pieces).

The business stumbled a bit last year, and with annual sales of $ 624 million, it provides only about a tenth of the company's overall sales.

The annual rise in CO2 seems to be occurring at around 2 to 3 ppm, which would imply only about a tenth of this carbon remains in the air (which is not my understanding).

Only about a tenth of India's 900 million phone users have smartphones, and large players are already duking it out for a slice of the market.

Cardwell added that, although multifamily loans represent only about a tenth of the Fannie and Freddie's total business, they have helped to offset losses from the single - family business side.

Not exact matches

The majority of money spent on business travel is within the U.S. Only $ 33.1 billion, or about one - tenth of the total, is expected to be spent on international business travel in 2013, according to the report, representing an increase of 3 percent over the previous year.

Fortunately, I have a creationist friend, who has informed me that this can't be right, as the World is only one tenth as old (about 6,000) years and that all Australian Aboriginal languages were made by God in the Tower of Babel.

Fortunately, you have told me that this can't be right, as the World is only one tenth as old (about 6,000) years and that all Australian Aboriginal languages were made by god in the Tower of Babel.

In 2008, only 133 patents were filed in Muslim - majority lands, about a tenth of the number in Israel, while the Israeli total exceeded that of India, Russia, and Singapore combined.

I only had to think about this for about a tenth of a second before I enthusiastically agreed.

Because newborns have such tiny, delicate nasal passages (only about 2 to 3 millimeters, or one tenth of one inch, on each side), it takes very little change in that small space to cause big symptoms.

Those who voted Ukip in last year's election are the most definite about how they will vote, with only a tenth undecided, and 85 % planning to vote leave.

An estimated 9,000 cases were reported last year but Flynn says law enforcers believe only about one tenth of the incidents happening are actually being reported.

Considering we are seeing this giant black hole's activity from a time when the universe was only a tenth of its present age, astronomers are puzzled about how it could've grown so big so fast.

This only works in about a tenth of cells, and hardly at all in non-dividing cells like brain cells.

Many M dwarfs aren't much bigger than Jupiter, which is only about one - tenth as wide as the sun.

Women have only about one - tenth the testosterone of men, so they're unlikely to be susceptible to the winner effect.

NASA caught a glimpse of Kuwaits Greater Burgan field in southeastern Kuwait: Situated about 40 kilometers south of Kuwait City, the Greater Burgan field is thought to hold nearly a tenth of the worlds proven oil reserves and second only to Saudi Arabias Ghawar field (about 500 km to the south).

The Wilds of New Guinea Even though it is only about one - tenth the size of the United States, New Guinea has 7 percent of the world's biodiversity, making the island a living laboratory for evolutionary biologists like Christopher Austin, who observes firsthand the adaptive mechanisms that spark the creation of novel species.

In addition, only about one tenth of the mined uranium ore is converted into fuel in the enrichment process (during which the concentration of uranium 235 is increased considerably), so less than a hundredth of the ore's total energy content is used to generate power in today's plants.

The new t - ray laser, described in the 9 May issue of Nature, is only about 10 micrometers thick, or a tenth the width of a human hair.

The geographer's cone snail, for example, only injects about a tenth of a milligram of venom when it stings, and yet, this is more than enough to kill a person in under an hour.

However, the stress released in earthquakes is only about one tenth of the stress that a «strong» fault should be able to withstand.

They found that fist bumps transferred only about one - tenth of the amount of bacteria as handshakes did.

For now, the bugs still produce only about one - tenth of the enzymes they need to break cellulose and hemicellulose, and the amount of fuel they generate is low.

In any case, CD - 51 5974 may have only around four - tenths of Sol's mass, 39 percent of its diameter (Pasinetti - Fracassini et al, 2001), and about 41/10, 000 th of its visual luminosity.

Lacaille 9352 may have 50 to 58 of Sol's mass (Demory et al, 2009, Table 4; RECONS; and NASA Star and Exoplanet Database, interpolation table of Henry and McCarthy, 1993), less than half (43 to 46 percent) of its diameter (Demory et al, 2009, Table 4; and NASA Star and Exoplanet Database, derived from the power law formula of Kenneth R. Lang, 1980), 1.1 percent of its visual luminosity and 3.5 percent of its bolometric luminosity (NASA Star and Exoplanet Database, derived from the exponential formula of Kenneth R. Lang, 1980), and only about one tenth to 60 percent of Sol's abundance of elements heavier than hydrogen («metallicity»)(Demory et al, 2009, Table 4).

The star may have about sixth tenths of Sol's mass (Smith et al, 1992), 64 percent of its diameter, but only 19 percent of its luminosity.

But a person with a functioning pancreas could avoid carbs completely (I'm not suggesting you do it) and only be in «ketosis» — a level of ketones about a tenth of what's required for ketoacidosis.

It only takes about one - tenth of a second for someone to form an opinion about another person, according to Psychological Science.

It only takes one - tenth of a second for someone to form an opinion about you, and a blurry, far away, or inappropriate photo is going to make him or her form a bad opinion of you.

Next year is not only the tenth anniversary of the comedy hit Zombieland, but also the tenth anniversary of talking about Zombieland 2.

As it needs only about one - tenth the bandwidth of each of the other channels, the LFE channel is referred to as a».1» channel.

While they're funded with public money, they generally operate outside of collective bargaining agreements (only about one - tenth of charter schools are unionized) and other constraints that often prevent principals in public schools from innovating for the good of their students (so the argument goes).

«When asked to name the most important things the schools should do for their students, only about one - tenth of the teachers mentioned academic achievement as an important goal.

But now with this Hybrid wan na be [in reality its a push to pass not a genuine hybrid] approaching Ferrari / Lamborghini / Porsche / i8 prices with about one tenth the technology of the i8 [the only true hybrid supercar] much of its appeal has diminished.

Ride height has been lowered by 2 - tenths of an inch, which not only improves aerodynamics, but furthers this car's very modern appearance that looks good from just about any angle.

In reality, the extra power is more about bragging rights: It's only a tenth of a second quicker to 60 mph.

Lexus claims the LC 500 can sprint from 0 - 60 in about 4.5 seconds, with the LC 500h coming in only two - tenths slower despite delivering considerably better fuel economy.

Chevrolet is quick to mention that's quicker than the Jetta TDI DSG, although they fail to mention it's only by one - tenth of a second, and I doubt the kind of person that would buy a compact diesel cares all that much about how fast it gets to highway speed, so long as it actually does get there.

They offer one - tenth the electrical resistance of today's silicon - only PCUs, which account for about 20 % of the electrical power loss in a hybrid car.

Another editor in 1995 complained to me that she was spending 80 % of her time in meetings talking about electronic publishing that only accounted for less than one tenth of one percent of all sales at that time.

To reach the finish line in a marathon is to enter an elite group: only about one - tenth of 1 percent of the population does it.