Sentence examples for contraction lasts from inspiring English sources

The economy is deemed to be in recession if the contraction lasts for at least six months, or two quarters.

This contraction lasts for one night.

The period of gravitational contraction lasts about 10 to 15 million years.

Peristaltic contraction lasts about 0.5 s.

A biphasic reticular contraction lasts 6.40 s in ruminating cows, 7.00 s in resting cows, 7.20 s in stressed cows and 7.30 s in cows that are eating [ 13].

Moreover, the firing rate of these group IV fibers gradually increased as the contraction lasted, due to buildup of metabolites in the contracting muscles.

Nouriel Roubini at New York University, who called the 2008 market disaster correctly, wrote in a recent commentary on Bloomberg News that he foresees "a deep and protracted contraction lasting at least through the end of 2009".

These market cycles are related to business cycles: Rising employment, production, and trade indicate a period of expansion, which may last for years before peaking at the onset of a recession a contraction lasting half a year or more.

Observations of five myo-3::GFP expressing cells for 30 minutes each showed an average of 0.9±0.3 contractions/min (mean ± SD, n = 5), with each contraction lasting 11.5±1.6 seconds, and intervals of 102±63 seconds of relaxation between contractions.

Each contraction lasted about 3 seconds.

Each contraction lasted for 120 s, and TMS was performed in between each contraction.