Sentence examples for contraction zone from inspiring English sources

They demonstrate the existence of a local contraction zone and expansion zone in each direction separately and show clearly the thickness of the surface which can be significantly stressed due to the progress of water in the stone during imbibition.

The fault-zone contraction (i.e., fault-zone dilatancy) is induced by pervasive damage from fault slip, which can occur along a main shock fault.

After five consecutive quarters of economic contraction, the euro zone economy finally grew by 0.4% in the third quarter to mark the region's exit from the worst recession since World War II.

However, this hypothesis cannot explain the focal shortening of sarcomeres that occurs only in the endplate zone (contraction knot) [ 45, 48].

Within the Ethiopian region, repeated climatically controlled expansion and contraction of vegetational zones resulted first in organisms establishing themselves in numerous specialized ecological communities (niches) of plants and animals and second in the proliferation of those species that successfully adapted themselves to the prevailing conditions.

Germany's contraction suggests euro-zone GDP declined for a third straight quarter at the end of last year, and failed to expand for a fifth straight period as fiscal-austerity programs and rising unemployment likely spurred additional output declines in Spain and Italy.

11 Lesny et al 12 showed that a difficult ET stimulates junctional zone contractions and that strong endometrial waves in the fundal area of the uterus could move mock embryos into the fallopian tubes.

The European Commission has projected a 4percentt contraction for the euro zone this year.

The European Central Bank's president, Jean-Claude Trichet, acknowledged that the pace of economic contraction in the euro zone was easing.

Ghosh SK, et al. Physiology of the esophageal pressure transition zone: separate contraction waves above and below.

Mr. Loynes said the confidence results were consistent with an annual contraction in the euro zone economy of about 2.5 percent.