Sentence examples for double descent from inspiring English sources

The kinship system features double descent, land being inherited in the paternal line and movable property in the maternal.

In the past the Wolof observed double descent; i.e., descent was traced through both the male and female lines.

It then rose to the old highs we are talking about now in October '07 but that turned out to be a minor detour on the trail to the double-black diamond descent that ensued in 2008.

Dual coordinate descent.

However, the pilots did not elect a method of double-control of the descent and approach, such as by using briefings and callouts.

"In particular, the investigation will seek to determine why a situation arose that led to both the helicopter's engines flaming out when 76 kg of fuel remained in the fuel tank group, why no emergency radio transmission was received from the pilot and why, following the double engine failure, an autorotative descent and flare recovery was not achieved.

Applying the steepest descent approximation to the double scattered field expressions, the dimensions of the integrals are reduced from four to two in the case of one-dimensional rough surfaces.

In 2012, Lolo Jones, at one point the fastest female hurdler in the world, started to inhale bacon cheeseburgers, wear skintight bodysuits and push a sled more than double her weight down an icy descent.

Our flies tended to dive faster than they climbed, with a maximum descent rate (−2.4 ms−1) almost double the maximum climb rate (1.2 ms−1.2

Of greater physical significance is the observation that the maximum descent rate (–2.4 ms−1) was almost double the maximum climb rate (1.2 ms−1.2

Being of Hispanic, African American, Native American, Asian, or Pacific Islander descent: These subgroups are at almost double the risk of white Americans.[12].[12]