Sentences with phrase «slower than light»

«Everything is slower than light.»

Since sound moves much slower than light, the acoustic atom opens entire new possibilities for taking control over quantum phenomena.

With this near field nanoscope they saw that the light ripples on the graphene moved more than 300 times slower than light, and dramatically different from what is expected from classical physics laws.

The car uses the same 207bhp, 207 lb ft 2 - litre turbo unit as the other mk6 Golf GTIs, helping it to reach 62mph in 7.3 seconds — 0.4 sec slower than the lighter hatch — and continue onto a top speed of 147mph (146mph in a DSG - equipped car).

Performance for the estate models is just a couple of tenths slower than the lighter five - door versions, so the 2.0 - litre petrol knocks off 0 - 60mph in 5.7 seconds, while the 2.0 - litre diesel does it in 7.1 seconds.

The acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h is done in 8.1 seconds, only 0.4 seconds slower than the lighter i3.

Not exact matches

The U.S. tech giant notified suppliers that it had decided to cut the first - quarter production target to around 20 million units, in light of slower - than - expected sales in the year - end holiday shopping season in key markets such as Europe, the U.S. and China.

Simply put, Time Dilation means that someone travelling at near light speeds will experience time at a slower pace than a stationary observer.

Purchasing a lighter - rated conveyor for a heavier food product will cause operation slow down and tax the system more than recommended.

I appreciated the lighter safety version of Ish much more than the heavier even slower LB version.

«Getting lighter probably gives me more of a psychological edge than a physical one,» he says, «but I guess I had a complex about being slow, because so many things have been written.»

Gas slows down some wavelengths of light more than others, but the pair found only small delays in the pulsar light, implying there is less gas in the halo than needed to explain the missing matter (arxiv.org/abs/1003.3273).

Light is the fastest thing around, but shaped beams travel slower than expected, even in a vacuum.

Within the material, light moves slower than it does in empty space, and that speed reduction is quantified in the glasses «index of refraction.»

In a terse paper posted online on September 29, Andrew Cohen and Sheldon Glashow of Boston University calculated that any neutrinos traveling faster than light would lose energy after emitting, and leaving behind, a trail of slower particles that would be absorbed by the earth's crust.

Two, despite the animals» blindness, their pupils still constricted in response to ambient light, albeit at a slower rate than did the pupils of sighted mice.

«While it is already known that the slow and fast light can be obtained using Brillouin scattering, our device is far smaller and uses far less power than any other previous demonstration, by several orders - of - magnitude.

Assimilating your neighbors is a faster expansion strategy than physical settlement, which inevitably progresses slower than the speed of light.

But for the physicist interested in electrons, which are far smaller, lighter, and faster than the atomic nuclei they swarm around, that timescale is just too slow.

The time ordering is invariant only when the two events can be linked by a signal traveling at a speed slower than or equal to the speed of light.

This cascade of particles travels faster than the speed of light in air (which is slower than the speed of light in a vacuum).

All spectral classes respond faster with light adaptation, but the highest response speeds are attained by green photoreceptors, followed by blue, and then UV, both of which are significantly slower than green photoreceptors, even when fully light - adapted.

Because mass is not evenly distributed through these massive galaxies, some areas bend or slow light more than others.

Because the speed of light was a million times greater than it is today, those initial flashes were spaced a million times farther apart than they would have been at today's slower speed of light.

PULLMAN, Wash. — How can a slow - flying insect tinier than a paper clip and as light as a Kleenex tissue be to blame for the global health emergency declared this week?

My thyroid, though much better off than working under fluorescent lights, was still screaming at me to slow down — which I began to do.

These cells... perceive light but are much slower to react to visual changes than the better known rod and cone cells.

This is why fast twitch muscles are lighter in colour than muscles that contain a lot of slow twitch muscle fibres.

Heavier loads, faster speeds, and greater jump heights require a larger proportional contribution from the hip than lighter loads, slower speeds, or lower jump heights.

This results in a fuller, denser physique than that seen on guys who rely on the slow twitch development that comes from lighter weight, higher rep training.

We stifle our own lights, because sometimes it feels easier to burn low + slow on the backburner rather than bright + hot + fast for all to see.

That said, the film is considerably more commercial (and splattery) than Gray's last, The Yards, which was slow, almost groggy: The light seemed unable to pass through air thickened by corruption; the protagonist (Wahlberg again) moved through the bowels of Queens like a somnambulist.

The strong supporting cast also tries, but even the great John Carradine (easily the best thing about the film) and Anthony Quinn (who seriously out - swaggers Power here) can't change the fact that the bloated script slows the scenes to a trot, and Mamoulian appears far more interested in directing the light of shadow across the faces of his actors than in the actual actors.

It's actually fairly quick, too — though slower than other light weapons, it's nowhere near the heavy weapons in speed despite its larger size.

When the federal police show up to arrest him, Quaid kills an entire team in a few quick movements (Director Len Wiseman shows it in a fake one - take, a choice that makes infinitely more sense than the reliance on random slow motion shots and lens flares from randomly placed light sources that he shows through the rest of the movie).

In keeping with the current international style, Denis's film is much slower and rather more obscure and somber than Ozu ever was The sense of light playfulness in Ozu, helped by the jazzy scores in so many of his films, is almost entirely missing here, but that's OK, I guess.

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIVES!

The GT was light (at 2,440 pounds, it was 700 pounds lighter than a fiberglass - bodied Corvette), and it was quick for its time — 0 to 60 mph in a claimed 7.5 seconds, though contemporary magazines timed it about a second slower.

(was also using a hell of a lot more petrol than it usually does) and when going slow it would start vibrating and nearly stalling (i hated traffic lights in it) twice it actually did completely stall.

With the standard rear - biased Quattro all - wheel - drive system and launch - control program, the Spyder is just fractionally slower than its hardtop sibling (which is lighter by 220 pounds), roaring to 62 mph in 4.1 seconds and to 125 mph in 12.7 seconds.

Previously it would do something similar with the reverse gear, but requiring a very light touch on the loud pedal to get the vehicle moving (after which it would creep again... but slower than in»D»).

That's just two ticks slower than the Challenger 392, which weighs in at a significantly lighter 4,240 lb.

The handling is much friendlier than the 348's, with the weight feeling lower and more balance front to rear, but you're not really encouraged to explore it thanks to the slightly slow and over-assisted steering, which feels very light either side of the dead - ahead.

The 9 - speed trans (16 pounds lighter than the Evoque's earlier 6 - speed) felt smooth, though a bit slow to react.

It may take all of 7.9 seconds to get to 60mph (half a second slower than the heavier A4 sedan) but in city driving, the direct - injection turbocharged A4 Cabriolet feels responsive and light on its feet.

Aluminum wheels 40 - 60 % lighter than stock to improve throttle response, acceleration, fuel economy and horsepower to wheels, while delivering smoother shifting, braking and slowing

I was more than annoyed by its odd shifts and the shuddering when stopped at a light or when slowing down.

Winding roads don't flatter the Tahoe's steering, which is lighter and slower than we'd like.

The Astra Sportwagon steers and rides similarly to the hatch: That is, it errs more on the sporty side than the cushier sedan, with pleasantly light steering (maybe be too light and slow, at 2.7 turns from lock to lock, for some) and a well - controlled ride that subtly reveals the design input from local Holden engineers.

In stark contrast, despite steering that's slower than the others (2.8 turns lock - to - lock versus 2.7) and lighter than the model it replaces, the Commodore points with precision and delivers plenty of grip and feedback.