Sentence examples for heavy mass from inspiring English sources

Though that method was simple and economical, the seismograph had to have a heavy mass to overcome the friction between pen and paper.

The simplest type is a common pendulum in which a heavy mass is suspended by a wire or rod from a fixed point (as in a clock).

Other forms are the inverted pendulum, in which a heavy mass is fixed to the upper end of a vertical rod pointed at its lower end, and the horizontal pendulum, in which a rod with a mass on its end is suspended at two points so as to swing in a nearly horizontal plane instead of a vertical plane.

The moving parts also have a heavy mass because of their complicated configuration.

Theory and models of the heavy mass particle optimal control motion along rough curvilinear line are presented.

In this analogy, a disturbance of the heavy mass can produce a ripple in the sheet, radiating outwards like a splash in a pond.

Throughout the years, Mr. Lassaw has remained devoted to creating open-space sculpture -- pieces composed of related shapes with spaces between them, rather than pieces with solid surfaces and heavy masses.

"Ali-Frazier" is a pair of nearly equal-size steel blocks, one in one room, one in another, like two Donald Judd boxes but solid, heavy masses instead of empty containers.

This gave Relay a pretty heavy mass-media presence in that market.

Nowadays only low-value goods, commodities or heavy mass-market items like automobiles travel by boat.

Nowadays only low-value goods, commodities or heavy mass-market items like automobiles travel the lanes of international commerce by boat.