Sentences with phrase «shallow angle»

It is suggested that this works due to the ability of the exercise to increase the peak eccentric force of the hamstrings at shallower angles of knee flexion (the knee is more extended) vs. a leg curl which puts a premium on concentric force when the knee is in full flexion.

But for those who have, the slightly shallower angle of the steering wheel and the lower seat offer more natural feel.

The MACD is crossed down but at a very shallow angle with the Bollinger Bands ® rising on the bottom but flat at the top.

The Astroliner, though, will have twice the wing area of the space shuttle and will reenter the atmosphere at a much shallower angle, which means it won't heat up as much and therefore won't need to be as rugged.

«The speculation among pilots right now is that it must have come down at a relatively shallow angle,» Lamb said.

NASA will guide them at a very shallow angle into the side of a small mountain, part of the rim of an impact crater.

The base of the windshield is two inches farther forward than before, creating a fast, shallow angle for the windshield as it sweeps back to the A-pillars.

In fact, they found that the biggest megathrust events in these other zones were directly related to young, buoyant plates» being strongly coupled to the overlying landmass at shallow angles — which fit the description of Cascadia perfectly.

It's cold there because the sun's rays strike the surface at a much shallower angle than they do at the equator.

Using tomographic data, the authors inferred that the Caribbean plate crust to the north is subducting at a very shallow angle and producing relatively little deep seismicity.

If North Korea shot a missile at the US, it would enter the atmosphere at a shallow angle and undergo longer exposure to intense heat and pressure, which could destroy the missile or knock it off course.

That means larger planes loaded up with fuel that are forced to take off at a shallower angle, and are therefore closer to the ground for a longer period of time.»

The new research shows that feathered fibers can capture secondary electrons produced by the electrons that approach from a shallow angle.

Based on sophisticated silicon honeycombs that disperse the high - energy photons by deflecting them at shallow angles, Arcus's optics should turn as many as 40 % of the incoming photons into a usable spectrum — up from 5 % in NASA's current flagship Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The velvet only traps half of such electrons, since if the electrons from the plasma strike the fibers at a shallow angle the secondary electrons can bounce away without obstruction.

It's a block of thick crust that doesn't subduct easily, rather it subducts at a shallow angle,» said Mann.

In the winter, when the sun is at a shallow angle, the haze subsides; as a result, the atmosphere clears up and the blue color appears.

In contrast, the slab beneath southern Ecuador to central Peru, and under central Chile, is subducting at a shallow angle of approximately 10 ° or less.

As the model helps explain, a volcano can form inland if the slab subducts at a shallower angle, and a hole in the shallow slab allows for a special type of magma to form by melting of the crust.

The rate of flow can be controlled by adjusting the angle of the device, Chiang says, and the team found that at a very shallow angle, close to horizontal, «the device would operate most efficiently, at a very steady but low flow rate.»

He discovered many geologically recent faults at shallow angles — which all point to the mountain making adjustments in the past million years to the way its rocks pile up.

Del Raye used these records to select episodes when sharks stopped swimming and just drifted downward at a steady, shallow angle.

At the autumnal equinox, however, the ecliptic meets the eastern horizon at its shallowest angle of the year, and the moon rises only some 30 to 40 minutes later each night.

Many objects strike the surface of a planet at a shallow angle, and the debris they create continues to move in the same direction.

Because the ecliptic makes a shallow angle with the western horizon at this time of year for observers at mid-northern latitudes, Venus will be only 11 degrees high an hour after sunset at the beginning of the month.

This shallow angle would have permitted some of the ejected material from the collision to fall back on the surface, spraying it with the observed phyllosilicate traces.

Initially, this exercise is done at a shallow angle and as the mobility and strength increase, it can be taken to a lower position.

Shallower angles -LRB--18 — 0 degrees) produce greater pectoralis major sternocostal head activity.

The rear glass also flows into the trunk lid at a shallower angle than before, reducing aerodynamic turbulence.

The A-pillars (the ones that flank the windshield) are fairly large and sweep back at a shallow angle.

That's surprising because the windshield pillars rake back toward the driver at a shallow angle, yet it was never hard for me to see out the Envision, either when parking or while driving on the highway.

The rear glass extends at a shallow angle even further out toward a flat trunk lip, which is flanked by a set of dramatically styled taillights.

The shallow angle of Vanagon's steering wheel is odd and buslike, but the visibility from the high seat is great and the controls are easy to find and operate.

The Surface 2's kickstand, however, can be positioned to make the slate lean back at wide or shallow angles, making using the tablet in your lap easier.

Switch the tablet round, and the Lenovo sits at a shallower angle, which is more suited to typing.

The left click has a nice concave that helps situate your finger dead - center while the right slops off at a steady, shallow angle.