Sentence examples for half division from inspiring English sources

The Chinese mariner's compass is divided into 24 divisions (i.e. 15° per division), but compass needle directions are often quoted to the nearest half division that is 7.5°.

Given the accuracy with which the compass rose was drawn and that the smallest division the compass bearings marked on the trade routes indicate a half division (of the 24 major divisions marked on the compass), it seems reasonable to take 7.5° as the error margin for the actual directions drawn and consider only those that are off the compass bearing by an amount greater than 7.5° as an anomaly.

A force of "12 and a half" divisions, including a composite of the élite Prussian Guard, attacked at 0900 along a 9 mile front extending from Messines to Polygon.

This method of randomisation was chosen because it was (a) technically feasible; (b) since it should in theory create a half-half division; and (c) because there is no reason theoretical or empirical to suspect that the parity of one's birthday has any influence whatsoever on the factors relevant for this study.

The zeros of target function can be easily evaluated by the well known half-division technique.

This work deals with the analysis of energy efficiency (EE) issues of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols such as Chase combining (CC) and incremental redundancy (IR), in a LTE baseband-based half-division duplex relay-assisted network.

Bagnold felt that New Zealand farmers would possess these attributes and was given permission to approach the 2nd New Zealand Division for volunteers; over half the division volunteered.

There was just enough artillery to equip the larger units: eight infantry divisions (combined in four Army Corps), one Light (i.e. motorised) Division and two independent brigades (Brigade A and Brigade B), each with the strength of half a division or five battalions.

About half the division's revenues come from providing submersible electric pumps, which boost production from mature fields.

At 4-5, and only a game and a half behind division leader Kansas City, San Diego is back in the hunt for the A.F.C.

Revenue from Japan more than doubled from the same period of last year, and accounted for almost half the division's total income.