Sentence examples for immovable space from inspiring English sources

When a Mars rover loses a wheel, our investment ends: it becomes another piece of immovable space junk.

But real, absolute rest, is the continuance of the body in the same part of that immovable space, in which the ship itself, its cavity, and all that it contains, is moved.

But the laws of motion enable us to determine an infinity of such spaces, all in uniform rectilinear motion relative to each other, and furnish no way of singling out any one as "immovable space".

Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of the absolute spaces; which our senses determine by its position to bodies; and which is commonly taken for immovable space; such is the dimension of a subterraneous, an aerial, or celestial space, determined by its position in respect of the earth.

It is indeed a matter of great difficulty to discover [cognoscere], and effectually to distinguish [actu discriminare], the true motions of particular bodies from the apparent; because the parts of that immovable space, in which those motions are performed, do by no means come under the observation of our senses [incurrent in sensus].

It may seem like an immovable, implacable place.

European diplomats said the final day of talks would show whether Iran's seemingly immovable stance on UN sanctions was a hardball negotiating tactic, or whether Khamenei had left them no negotiating space.

European diplomats say the next day or so will show whether Iran's seemingly immovable stance on UN sanctions is a hardball negotiating tactic, or whether the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has left them no negotiating space.

European diplomats say the next day or so will show whether Iran's seemingly immovable stance on UN sanctions is a hardball negotiating tactic, or whether the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, has left them no negotiating space.

Time, he wrote, "flows equably," while space "remains always similar and immovable".

Once a line of force begins, he keeps it going, even adding strength to it, until it meets an immovable object or exhausts itself in open space.