Sentence examples for an extra fraction of from inspiring English sources

An experimental solar cell productively uses an extra fraction of high-energy light typically lost as heat.

Play action -- faking a handoff to give a quarterback an extra fraction of a second to throw -- has been used with devastating effect by the Jets this season, accounting for four of Chad Pennington's five touchdown passes.

As Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross argued in a CNBC interview on Friday, for most consumer items we're discussing trivial amounts of "tax" — an extra fraction of a penny for the can that contains Campbell's Soup, a few tenths of a percent on the price of a new car.

That said, they may choose to pay an extra fraction of a cent for accounts containing more valuable data.

Pinca goes through periods of eating nothing but rice or lean chicken breast, and he weighs himself every morning, acutely aware of any extra fraction of a kilo.

The Egyptians' failure to account for the extra fraction of a day, however, caused their calendar to drift gradually into error.

Gannon correctly noted that Sanchez needed to allow his receiver the extra fraction of a second to get into full stride.

What if, on the margins between one great kid and another at admissions time, that dream college goes with the one who eked out the extra fraction of a point or had one more line of activities on the list, and what if that matters?

There will always be variation in the bank paying the highest interest rate, but I've never found it worthwhile to constantly change banks in an attempt to earn a few extra fractions of a percent.

While the smaller and larger phones are very comparable in sheer size, the OLED on the iPhone squeezes out the extra fractions of an inch that brings the display right up to the edge.

Patients randomised to the escalated dose arm received an extra five fractions of 2 Gy given over 1 week to the PTV2.