Sentence examples for is nearly parallel from inspiring English sources
The eccentricity between resultant wind force and center of stiffness (and also the torque) is larger when the wind is nearly parallel to the long axis, than when it is nearly parallel to the short axis.
While H2 has an axis perpendicular to the monolayer, that of O2 is nearly parallel to the monolayer with its center of mass on top of the TM.
The eccentricity and also the torque are larger when the wind is nearly parallel to the long axis, than when it is nearly parallel to the short axis because the torque is affected more by the separated region on the bottom sidewall than by the non-uniform pressure on the windward wall.
This propagation is nearly parallel to the trench, and one front moves northeast, up to about 39.5°N, and the other front moves southwest, down to about 37.5°N (Fig. 2).
The measuring orientation of the strainmeter is N60°E, horizontal, and it is nearly parallel to the Atotsugawa fault, which is approximately 0.5 km from the instrument (Ohzono et al. 2011).
For tibia, Yoo et al. [18] had shown that in the sagittal plane, the PAA is nearly parallel to the MA, and suggested using the PAA as a sagittal plane reference with intramedullary cutting guide.
In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the fracture zones are nearly parallel, trending almost east west.
That proved to be the proper technique: a long cast, take a few inches of slack out of the line, then let it ride freely with the tide until it was nearly parallel to the beach before retrieving it.
Because the tracks are nearly parallel and all progress in the same direction, Bird concluded that "all were headed toward a common objective" and suggested that the sauropod trackmakers "passed in a single herd".
If they are approaching it at an angle, the slowing-down effect bends, or refracts, the wave crests so that they are nearly parallel to the shore by the time they ultimately break.
Above the surface friction layer, lines of θ, B, and streamlines are nearly parallel.
