Sentence examples for mass and length from inspiring English sources

Uniformity, the essence of any system of weights and measures, requires accurate, reliable standards of mass and length and agreed-on units.

(A ratio scale is one with an arbitrary unit but a fixed zero point. Mass and length are standardly measured on ratio scales).

For example, the concepts "mass" and "length" have different meanings in Newtonian and relativistic mechanics; so does the concept "temperature" in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics (cf. Feyerabend 1962).

Moreover we predict that the reproductive output of larger individuals is relatively insensitive to changes in food level while wet mass and length are.

If the mesh is unknown, then the model, including the grid points, may be determined from three eigenvectors, one eigenvalue and total mass and length of the beam.

Table 4 Mean root mass and length of six clones of poplar established from cuttings   Root mass (g) Root length (m)   Root diameter (mm) Root diameter (mm) Factor <2 2 < 5 ≥5 1 < 2 2 < 5 ≥5 Clone               P.

Nutritional treatment had no effect on biometric traits, such as tarsus length, body mass and wing length at day 60 (all F46,25<1.02, all p>0.49; General linear model).

Furthermore, wing length is positively correlated with wing width, thorax length, thorax width, thorax mass, and femur length [58].

Positive feedbacks as they deepen further encourage these tendencies, and increase mass balance and length of glacial occupation.

Fig. 3 Total root mass (a) and length (b) of Veronese poplar established from three planting materials.

We found sex and age explained the most variance in body mass, condition and length (R from 0.48 0.64).