Sentence examples for decimal time from inspiring English sources

One watch told the time to a quarter of a second, its hands spinning furiously; another, from the French Revolution, ran on decimal time.

But while decimal time did not stick, the new decimal system of measurement, which is the basis of the metre and the kilogram, remains with us today.

The model form used was: Instantaneous Load = a_{0} + a_{1} ln Q a_{2} sin left( {2pi dtime} right) + a_{3} cos left( {2pi dtime} right) (3)where lnQ = ln stream flow) − center of ln stream flow); dtime = decimal time − center of decimal time and a 0 to a 3 are model coefficients.

A binary-coded decimal time code began testing in 1960, and became permanent in 1961.

The implementation of decimal time proved an immense task and under the article 22 of the law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795), the use of decimal time was no longer mandatory, though the Republican Calendar was retained.

The astronomer and mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace, among other individuals, modified the dial of his pocket watch to decimal time.

Decimal reduction time (D10), time required to inactivate 90% of E. coli, was calculated at each temperatures using log of E. coli (CFU/ml) (Murphy 2002).

"Was thirteen-and-six a good year?" he would enquire (in pre-decimal times) when presented with the wine list by a supercilious sommelier.

Decimal reduction times (D10; time to achieve one log removal) at 25, 37, and 52.5°C, were 9 -10, 7 - 8 days, and < 1 day, respectively.

In microbiology, D-value refers to decimal reduction time and is the time required at a given temperature to kill 90% of the exposed microorganisms (Mazzola et al. 2003).

Decimal reduction time (D-value) is the interval of time required, under a defined set of conditions, to provide a one decimal logarithm (1 log10, n = 1) or 90% reduction in the initial viable bacterial population (bioburden) [ 8] when exposed to a test disinfectant (chemical agent at final working solution concentration).