Sentence examples for mass drops from inspiring English sources

Mass drops of parachute troops had been pioneered by the Soviet Union in the 1930s, but the Luftwaffe first used the technique operationally, notably during the invasion of Crete, in which 15,000 airborne and parachute troops were landed onto that island by 700 transport aircraft and 80 gliders.

When the testes do not produce enough INSL3, bone mass drops and osteoporosis occurs.

Thus, we iterate until the total probability mass drops under an accuracy threshold.

The degradation products in the bulk accumulate and are subsequently released in a burst when the molar mass drops below a certain value.

With stage 2, β cell mass drops a little more and/or insulin resistance worsens, such that glucose levels rise to levels associated with a marked loss of acute GSIS, which we postulate is caused by glucotoxicity.

It has been shown that there is a reserve capacity of beta cells and that type 1 diabetes only becomes clinically apparent when the beta cell mass drops under a critical threshold (< 30%) [ 6, 10].

It replaced earlier, frankly propagandistic programs, including mass dropping of anti-Communist leaflets from high-altitude balloons.

He identified the controversy surrounding "Humanae Vitae," the 1968 papal encyclical reasserting the church's condemnation of contraception, as a turning point for the church — a time when attendance at Mass dropped precipitously and Catholics began to question church authority on an ever-growing list of topics.

However, for the octadecanoate, decomposition occurred via a single step resulting in an overall mass drop of 71%%.

This moisture loss was more evident in the initial plastic, as this sample had the highest amount of moisture, resulting in a mass drop between 50°C and 100°C.

A 5.5 kg mass dropping from 39 cm gave an impact velocity of 2.75 m s−1 and would reliably ignite a 50 mg β-HMX sample.