Sentence examples for forming a sphere from inspiring English sources
The idea of forming a sphere from a patchwork of 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons (known in solid geometry as a "truncated icosahedron") was borrowed from the late Buckminster Fuller, an American architect and futurist, whose geodesic domes based on the same principle were popular during the 1960s.
This creates a "surface energy" that the material tries to reduce as much as possible, by minimizing its top layer and maximizing the amount of material on the inside--which is done most effectively by forming a sphere.
In the absence of external forces, the surface tension of a liquid droplet works to minimize the surface area, and thus the free surface energy, of the liquid by forming a sphere [16].
Figure 1B showed the process of single PLC/PRF/5 cell forming a sphere.
The lipid bilayers form a sphere that can trap a molecule inside.
Theoretical reasons for a spherical Moon: The lowest gravitational potential energy of a system of particles is achieved when they form a sphere as opposed to a disk.
(b, c) Single sorted (CD133− cells for A549 and HepG2, CD133−CD15−NESTIN− cells for GL261) cancer cells formed a sphere after 21 days of hypoxia exposure; however, the cells under normoxia were dead, and there was no sphere formation (*P<0.05).
Finally, as a drop of water placed in the center of the flower shape evaporates, surface tension pulls its petals up, eventually bringing them together to form a sphere.
Dui, Wade-Giles romanization tui, type of Chinese bronze vessel produced in the late Zhou dynasty (c. 600 256/255 bc), it was a food container consisting of two bowls each supported on three legs that, when placed together, formed a sphere.
Indium has a low melting point of 156 °C and once molten it forms a sphere whose size depends on the initial amount of powder.
