Sentence examples for approaching a maximum from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, leaves flushing in summer and autumn grow fast at the beginning to reach a point of inflection (around 30 d) on the growth curve, gradually approaching a maximum by day 90.

A prime example is provided by the chronically misunderstood Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that "the entropy of a closed system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium".

Though the law applies to all systems, in the case of a closed one it states, "the entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium".

PC increases rapidly for short gradients and appears to level off, approaching a maximum at longer gradient times (Fig.  2).

Increased oxygen may allow some additional growth acceleration, but the acceleration of growth rate appears to be leveling off, asymptotically approaching a maximum.

For example, for item N1, the average item score climbs consistently as the total subscale score increases, approaching a maximum value of six out of the seven options.

The effect produced by a drug varies with the concentration that is present at its site of action and usually approaches a maximum value beyond which a further increase in concentration is no more effective.

Growth consistently approached a maximum rate, which suggests a diffusion-limited process.

It is expected that the FOS will approach a maximum limiting value as the value of c r keeps increasing.

Nitrate fluxes increased with nitrate concentration but appeared to approach a maximum flux at very high concentrations.

SB2 is followed by a gradual rise in sea level until it approaches a maximum flooding surface (MFS) between SB2 and SB3.