Sentence examples for extends a distance from inspiring English sources

In passing from the Atlantic to the Pacific, vessels enter the approach channel in Limón Bay, which extends a distance of about 7 miles (11 km) to the Gatún Locks.

The longest projection is made by g1P and extends a distance of ∼125 µm in adults, terminating at a duct near the anterior end of the pharynx.

The data show that fluid enters the swash zone from a region of the inner surf zone that can extend a distance seaward of the bore collapse location that is approximately equal to half of the run-up length.

Nonetheless, Watson and O'Loughlin (1990) showed that the mean maximum radial distance of individual tree root systems within a thinned 8-year-old stand extended a distance of 4.7 m from the root bole, and the mean below-ground biomass averaged 37 kg per tree (radial and depth distribution not measured).

To calculate ratios of fluorescence intensity at the plasma membrane to that in the adjacent cytoplasm, the intensity at the plasma membrane was divided by the average intensity starting 5 pixels inside the oocyte and extending a distance of 10 pixels into the oocyte.

The total number of axons extending a distance d in a nerve with a radius r (∑ ad) was estimated by summing the number in all the sections with a thickness t (16  μm), using the following formula.

The effects of MPIO on local magnetic field homogeneity and detectable contrast extend a distance up to 50 times the physical diameter of the microparticle, known as a contrast "blooming effect" [34].

It spans almost the entire Mediator complex, extending a distance of about 220 Å from N-terminal interactions with Med10-Med19 athehe tip of the Middle module to C-terminal interactions at the Middle-Tail contact region.

On the night side, or the side away from the Sun, the forces associated with the magnetic field and the solar wind are parallel, and thus the magnetosphere extends a considerable distance, possibly even several astronomical units (one astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 1.5 × 108 km).

The southern range of the Baetic Cordillera extends a shorter distance from the town of Estepona in Andalusia to Cape Gata, on the southeastern tip of Spain.

The body of the penis extends a variable distance beyond the body of the mammal, in contrast to the short genital tubercle of reptiles.