Sentence examples for expanding against from inspiring English sources

In those instants, he said, the hot plasma is like a bubble expanding against the pressure of nothingness.

The walls of the cylinder act as the boundary separating the gas inside from the world outside, and the movable piston provides a mechanism for the gas to do work by expanding against the force holding the piston (assumed frictionless) in place.

"I've found my capacity for joy expanding against all odds".

The ensuing inner inflammation, expanding against a young skin with limited compliance, further aggravates the ischemia and leads to necrosis, probably by a compartmental-like mechanism.

This forces the shell to expand against the wall of the borehole.

This will cause the fastener to expand against the back of the surface.

Lemon grass's aroma expanded against a backdrop of cream; foie gras and game were sealed up in steamed dumplings.

The deceleration parameter is a measure of the rate at which the expansion of the universe is slowing down as the universe expands against gravity.

His patent covers a portable bulkhead with "a hollow flexible rim which is adapted to be expanded against the inner walls of the tunnel to form a watertight joint".

This thermal energy raises the temperature and pressure of the gases within the engine, and the high-pressure gas then expands against the mechanical mechanisms of the engine.

Upon application of potential difference, hot segments expand against the cold segment of disc and make the cold disc rotate about its center.