Sentence examples for closer to parallel from inspiring English sources
While it may seem easier at first to hold the chopsticks near their tips, holding them further back means that they are closer to parallel, which helps to scoop food (like rice) from below.
The buccal surfaces were close to parallel with a debonding blade.
Isothermal surface orientation data are presented and are close to parallel for most realizations.
These high-angle boundaries were characterised by a disorientation axis close to parallel with the sample radial direction.
In vitro simulation of 4 subcutaneous limb implants in a rat showed minimal interference of surrounding implants on local measurements at close to parallel positioning of the probes.
The effective thickness of the film when it was oriented close to parallel to the direction of the beam increased sufficiently to significantly absorb the beam, and therefore higher angle rotation data had to be discarded from reconstruction.
Bend knees, shift hips back and lower down until thighs come close to parallel with the floor.
Bend knees, shift hips back and lower down so thighs come close to parallel with the floor.
Nudds [1] also acknowledged that if elbow angle varied with b it would influence how close to parallel the leading edge of the humerus and ulna was and hence the relationship between ta and b (Fig. 1).
It is not possible to quantify how close to parallel is close enough, and thus how proportional the hazards are.
There are two inequivalent terephthalate linkers in the structure, one disordered over two positions close to parallel to the xy plane and with its NH2 group statistically disordered over four positions (linker 1), the other inclined to the yz plane, and with its NH2 group disordered over two positions (linker 2), with the C=N bond close to parallel to the channel axis.
