Sentence examples for bottom of a basin from inspiring English sources

Under quiescent (still) conditions, suspended particles that are denser than water gradually settle to the bottom of a basin or tank.

So when winter comes, Paris's northern position combines with humidity, above-freezing temperatures, the absence of fierce winds and a location at the bottom of a basin to rob the city of sun and light.

Sixteen trays (measuring 30 × 30 × 30 cm), forming a continuous foraging area of 1.44 m, were placed at the bottom of a basin of 2 × 2 m, with water depth set at 30 cm above the sediment.

A ball at each point rolls down the slopes, tending toward a "lower energy" state until it comes (nearly) to rest at the bottom of a basin, where all local deviations are directed uphill against the gravitational potential and therefore disfavored.

The site for their monitoring station, about 300 vertical feet below at the bottom of a small basin, had been selected through a modeling program developed by Susan Cannon, who directs the geological survey's post-wildfire debris flow studies program in Golden, Colo.

Don't toss a big kitchen knife into the bottom of a wash basin so you'll have to fish around for it.

It must be screwed into a pipe located at the bottom of the basin, requiring a certain amount of torque that could easily be over-applied, or the cartridge could be incorrectly positioned.

We visit in late autumn, arriving from the bottom of a wide, smooth glacial basin.

We approach from the bottom of a wide, smooth glacial basin, the glen marking out a single deep groove like a linocut.

Water was removed from the leaf basins by using a scalpel to make a small incision near the bottom of each basin and twisting the blade to allow water to drain out.

First, the researchers split students into two groups: members of one would be forced to submerge their hands in ice water for as long as they could while trying to locate small balls at the bottom of the basin and place them in a submerged container; members of the other would perform the same task, but, instead of ice, their hands would be in room-temperature water for a minute and a half.