Sentence examples for grew downward from inspiring English sources

But as the material cooled and shrank further and cracks grew downward into the solidifying slab, small cracks began to consolidate into large ones and the angles between them gradually shifted toward 120° the angle at which the most energy is released, the researchers report online this week in Physical Review Letters.

Without bacteria, the majority of the seedling roots grew on the surface of the agarose, and any roots that grew downward into the agarose lacked root hair development.

For all seedlings grown within the magnet, whatever their position in the magnetic field, roots grew downward, i.e. towards the ground.

Growth of seedlings with and without bacteria on nutrient-free agarose showed that bacteria stimulated roots to form root hairs and trigger the root gravitropic response where roots grew downward into the medium (Tables  1– 3).

The radicle, which normally grows downward into the soil, is said to be positively geotropic.

The cancer cells in Achatz's tongue began to grow downward, dissolving the matrix that holds cells in place.

One is "Steigend steigend sinke nieder" ("Rising, rising, falling down"), a tall vitrine occupied by a cluster of giant white cast-resin sunflowers growing downward from its ceiling.

This thought has struck me several times of late, most recently when I saw "The Heavenly Tree Grows Downward," a showcase at Cohan of three artists who are kindred spirits.

In areas where the mean annual air temperature becomes colder than 0 °C, some of the ground frozen in the winter will not be completely thawed in the summer; therefore, a layer of permafrost will form and continue to grow downward gradually each year from the seasonally frozen ground.

On the other hand, it's also nature that if the street trees are periodically watered deeply, their roots will grow downward toward the moist soil rather than move upward to reach the scant amount of moisture under the concrete, eventually cracking the sidewalks.

Straight, in the middle of the room, cramped in the freedom of its growth by no encircling walls or soon-reached ceiling, a shadowy tree arises; and, looking up into the dreamy brightness of its top for I observe in this tree the singular property that it appears to grow downward towards the earth--I look into my youngest Christmas recollections!