Sentence examples for in relation to their size from inspiring English sources

Using this mode of feeding, ciliates can shift considerable volumes of water in relation to their size.

The H+ ions are small and highly charged in relation to their size and can readily enter many crystal lattices; OH- ions neutralize the small charges of Na+, K+, and the larger charges of Ca++ and Mg++.

The charge of the particles in relation to their size and the coating powder composition as well as the charge decay properties of base papers and coating layers were determined.

Crocodiles eat very little in relation to their size.

Given their disproportional importance in relation to their size, they are local hotspots of biodiversity deserving global attention.

However, the smaller countries have much larger areas of man-made impoundments in relation to their size.

Yet Nathan Emery, a cognitive biologist at the University of London, points out that, "in relation to their body size, parrots have brains as big as those of chimpanzees".

Chimpanzees, on the other hand, have huge testicles in relation to their body size.

Falconiforms are bulky, heavily feathered birds, lightweight in relation to their apparent size.

But precocial species trade for this advantage an adult brain that is small in relation to their body size.

They found that species with brains that were large in relation to their body size — crows and finches, for example — were more likely to succeed in cities.