When LIGO and Virgo just hang out, normally, with no gravitational waves going through them, what you see is a relatively steady pattern, with only the random noise (mostly generated by the Earth itself) of the instruments to contend with.
The citation curve, however, rose rapidly until 2004 and then entered a relatively steady state of 350 400 citations per year in 2004 2009, in a pattern resembling that for SARS.
Figure 1 shows a relatively steady rate of T2D incidence after diagnosis of GDM over the study period.
The Atlantic region saw a relatively steady influx of Africans over time.
Molecular clocks use the rate at which DNA sequences change to estimate how long ago new species arose, assuming a relatively steady rate of genetic evolution.
Now, even the prospects of staid local phone companies like SBC Communications and Verizon Communications, which benefit from a relatively steady stream of revenue from residential customers, are being questioned.
While Kristin Scott Thomas may have threatened to quit working in movies on occasion, a relatively steady stream of film roles suggests that retirement is still a long way off.
If you look at American inflation expectations, for example, you see a relatively steady improvement as of July.
The effect is a relatively steady sound and movement of images as fragments of the files reach the computer and are processed.
"We see a slow but steady pattern of improvement developing," said Thaddeus Paluszek, an analyst at Kidder , Peabody & Company
