Sentences with phrase «separated by a gap»

Every one of us has about 100 billion neurons, separated by gaps called synapses.

In 2014, two rings separated by a gap were discovered around Chariklo, the largest known centaur.

The electrodes are separated by a gap of about one tenth of a micrometer in width.

That means dinosaurs and their dinosauromorph predecessors were separated by a gap of less than 5 million years, half the time previously thought.

Now researchers at MIT, the University of Oklahoma, and Rutgers University have developed a model that explains how heat flows between objects separated by gaps of less than a nanometer.

Hasegawa: This image shows a planet forming disk around a young star called HL Tau, clearly revealing narrow concentric rings separated by gaps.

Our optimal axisymmetric radiative transfer model considers two coplanar inner and outer disks, separated by a gap of 0.28» (~ 30au) in size.

The sensors also help ensure the vehicles are separated by a gap determined by the driver.

This mixture is placed between two parallel, conductive plates separated by a gap of 10 to 100 micrometres.

Due to the change from 3 to 2 seats per row in row 54 the outer seats (54B and 54J) are separated by a gap of roughly one foot from the cabin wall.

The mystical orange field reminded me of the pulsing tone used by Francis Bacon in his paintings of the 1980s, while the full moon and chalky white of the conch shell below, separated by a gap that reads like it is miles wide, are more like the delicate denizens of a landscape by Yves Tanguy.

Perhaps a better analogy is that a filter made out of several screens separated by some gap behaves the same if the gap is increased.

Not exact matches

I can't say I understand the Z of Z theory, or the theoretical approach you are taking, but I'm interested — as one who values argument (from arg — to shine, build up a shared «shine» — initially argument had positive connotation) I am impressed by the gap separating the «good» that we know and can say, and yet are unable to practice.

It was easy for me, then, to become cynical about the faith that I was raised in, to punch the holes into the theology of the people I grew up with and spot the gaps in the preaching and methods, and point a finger of blame when «they» got it wrong, to separate myself from the culture and, like most kids raised by immigrant parents (because, in a way, my parents were like immigrants to this strange new land of Christianity), I took for granted my life in the new Kingdom, completely unable to imagine a life without freedom, without joy, without Jesus.

Although separated from the Pacific by the Santa Rosa range of mountains, the Rainbow Gap funnels the mild beach climate into the valley.

Although separated from the Pacific by the Santa Rosa range, the Rainbow Gap funnels the mild beach climate into the valley.

Secondly its not as if its just us and Chelsea separated from everyone else by a 10 point gap.

The two sides are separated by six points, so a Palace win could see them move within three points of the Hammers, but a West Ham win will see them stretch the gap to nine points.

They are separated by four points with third place Steven Defour a further twelve points behind although I suspect that gap will be narrowed this week with the Huddersfield result.

The task consisted in listening to two tunes separated by a two - second gap.

Electrons in such a semiconductor can only exist at certain energies which are divided into bands separated by forbidden energy gaps.

He identified two prominent rings separated by a small gap — the thin black band between the two is now known as Cassini's division.

The team began their work by fabricating the electrodes of the SET, which were separated by a nanometer scale gap, with an electroless gold - plating technique.

In laser light, photons are randomly spaced, with some arriving close together and others separated by big gaps.

An incident laser beam (pink beam at left) strikes the resonator, which consists of two layers of gold separated by an air gap.

One pair of electrodes was separated by a 108 - nanometre gap.

The researchers used the model to predict heat flow between two lattices of sodium chloride, or table salt, separated by a nanometer - wide gap.

Due to the availability of data from three observing runs separated by ~ 10 and 1 month timescales, we are able to demonstrate clear evidence for evolution of the photometric amplitudes, and hence spot patterns, over the 10 month gap, although we are not able to constrain the timescales for these effects in detail due to limitations imposed by the large gaps in our sampling, preventing use of the phase information.

With Netflix continuing to lure high - profile filmmakers by offering them greater creative freedom than they might otherwise be granted, and rather than existing as separate entities, as Sarandos suggests, the gap between traditional studios and VOD appears to be narrowing.

Two children separated by decades embark on parallel journeys to fill gaps in their lives.

And the Providence Talks initiative is working to close the «word gap» that separates kindergarteners from low - and high - income families by empowering parents to talk more with their young children and take an active role in those children's education from the start.

So, paradoxically, by separating the kids by gender, we've almost totally eliminated the gender gap in both subjects.»

Though we're separated by only 10 — 15 years, the gap in worldview felt enormous.

By my own estimate (based on a separate sample of 245 districts for another study), the median gap between the best - off losing candidate and the worst - off winner is about 3 percent.

So «Tee - Jay» does not look so bad when tested by Virginia's standards, but Freeman pays the state standard little mind, as its students go on further to AP courses and tests: «A reform that might have tied urban and suburban schools together has been transformed into yet another one that reinforces the gap that separates them.

Communities of color value the information provided by the assessments and know that comparable standards provide their community schools with important information to help close gaps in achievement that separate students of color and their white peers.

Under the regulation, schools and districts would receive an overall rating of one to five stars as determined by school performance (very low to very high) on multiple indicators — proficiency, a separate academic indicator for science and social studies, growth (elementary and middle school), achievement gap closure, transition readiness, graduation rate (high school) and opportunity and access.

By requiring the calculation of separate API numbers for student subgroups, it exposed gaps in achievement for low - income students, special education students and Hispanic and African - American children.

Brain researcher Maryanne Wolf (2007) has discussed «word poverty,» noting that «by kindergarten a gap of 32 million words already separates some children in linguistically - impoverished homes from their more stimulated peers» (p. 20).

The AMOs represent the percentage of students within each subgroup in the lowest - performing schools that must pass Standards of Learning (SOL) tests in reading and mathematics in order to reduce — by half — the gaps separating these students from their peers in the highest - performing schools within six years.

From 1991 onward this stretched version was separated by the designation Rolls - Royce Touring Limousine - filling the gap left after the announcement of the end of production of the Phantom VI.

Most tablet displays are made up of two pieces of glass - an LCD on the bottom and a touch sensor on the top, separated by an air gap.

Separated from Spain by a gap of less than twenty miles, the compact kingdom of Morocco is a seductive and accessible gateway to the African continent for European travellers.

Chung's use of the collage medium is not obvious — the dried acrylic paint and the paper are hard to separate — and the grid - like effect is created by ripping portions of paint off the canvas, then refilling the gaps.

This gap is filled by Atelier art schools (schools located inside an artist's studio) or in separate locations, such as the New York Academy of Art, the National Academy of Design, the New York Studio School, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), established 1805, the Art Students League of New York, established in 1875.

The 82 - inch - high aluminum panel, on which the painting sits, is cut in two pieces and separated by a 5 - inch gap.

While evidently nurtured in painterly reductivism and minimalism, Ryman's playful taunting of these idioms is somewhat oedipal; he aims to trump them by exposing the gap that separates contemporary art from its precedents.

Fred Turner, Consulting Structural Engineer for many years with the California Seismic Safety Commission summarizes the hazards in these single rooms, perched on top of concrete or steel supports: «i) If unattached classrooms move relative to their stair systems (which can be structurally separated from the classroom) doors that open outward can be prevented from opening by creation of an offset, gap or obstruction that forms between the classrooms and the stairs during the earthquake, potentially obstructing egress.

The WMO report comes before the United Nations Environment Program releases its separate Emissions Gap Report on Oct. 31, which tracks the policy commitments made by countries to reduce emissions and how these policies compare to the goals set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Linklaters has not separated the pay gap data between fee earners and support staff; however, the firm's report notes that average pay for women across the firm is significantly impacted by the high number of female employees in its lowest earning group.