Date implements Comparable and so two dates can be compared directly with the compareTo method.
Its performance cannot be compared directly with others.
This means this year's tables cannot be compared directly with those from previous years.
The resulting structural model can be compared directly with an equivalent finite element idealization.
Analysis is concentrating on the micro level, i.e. values and orientations can be compared directly with the individual number of children.
Many have been suggesting that Agyness could be "the new Kate Moss" in the way that one thin, blonde model can be compared directly with another regardless of any other disparities in character.
This is the first quarter since exiting bankruptcy that can be compared directly with the previous year's results because Kmart adopted so-called fresh-start accounting when it reorganized.
Mitalipov's work resurrects cloning as a means of making tool for creating stem cells, and means that iPS cells can now be compared directly with embryonic stem cells to see if the differences matter.
Inasmuch as graphite is a unique crystalline formation among the elements, its properties should not be compared directly with those of the other elements in the family.
The decibel scale is objective in that the intensity is defined physically and any intensity can be compared directly with the physically defined reference point.
Synthetic architectures that can be compared directly with the sedimentary record show a high degree of stratigraphic complexity within tidally-influenced bars.
