It's a physical process that reaches a peak and then resolves, sort of like an orgasm, except awful.
The formation of a static biofilm in a microtiter plate by A. pleuropneumoniae strain S4074 is a rapid process that reaches its peak by 5 h and is fully dispersed by 7 h.
The analysis of time course for RT and ISC changes upon VCC exposure suggests that, for the concentrations used in our experiments, the channel formation is a gradual process that reaches its maximum within one hour.
With each book since "Whites" (that is, the National Book Award-winning "Mating," from 1991, and "Mortals," 2003) his narratives and characters have grown more inner-directed: a process that has reached its cloying culmination in "Subtle Bodies".
Thereafter, the facing head became more common: from the time of Phocas (602 610) it was increasingly formalized, a process that reached its climax in the 8th century.
They also helped to court prospective buyers for the closed mill, a process that reached its nadir when a would-be mill owner wanted to get a sense of his potential work force.
Farmhouses were replaced by factories, a process that reached its peak during the second world war, when shortages of milk and labour meant the production of many traditional cheeses was outlawed in favour of a handful of hard varieties.
In his music from the late 1960s onwards, such as the Cello Concerto No 1 (1968) and First Piano Concerto (1969), he began to forge a more intuitive style as a composer, a process that reached fruition nearly two decades later with his opera Thomas (1982-85) and the glorious single-movement Fifth Symphony (1985).
It was obligatory for Swedish intellectuals to be on the side of the Viet Cong and opposed to American power if they wanted to be regarded as morally serious, a process that reached its culmination when the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh and drove out all the inhabitants they did not kill.
