Sentence examples for measuring the direction from inspiring English sources

This is accomplished by measuring the direction (bearing) of at least two transmitters whose locations are already known.

Magnetic measurements on each satellite are carried out by an absolute scalar magnetometer (ASM) for measuring Earth's magnetic field intensity and by a vector field magnetometer (VFM) for measuring the direction and the strength of the geomagnetic field.

Each spacecraft carries an Absolute Scalar Magnetometer (ASM) for measuring Earth's magnetic field intensity, a Vector Fluxgate Magnetometer (VFM) measuring the direction and strength of the magnetic field, and a three-head Star TRacker (STR) mounted close to the VFM to obtain the attitude needed to transform the vector readings to an Earth-fixed coordinate frame.

Each of the three satellites carry a magnetometry package (consisting of absolute scalar magnetometer, fluxgate vector magnetometer, and star imager) for measuring the direction and strength of the magnetic field, and instruments to measure plasma and electric field parameters as well as gravitational acceleration.

The nonsynonymous over synonymous substitution rates, ω = dN/dS, is a widely used indicator for measuring the direction and magnitude of selective pressure on amino acid replacements.

Finally, it is possible for birds to measure the distance to the auditory stimuli actively by triangulation, that is by measuring the direction to the stimuli from at least two different locations and when the distance is too long for triangulation only based on the simultaneous use of two ears.

The magnetic directions locked into the rocks can be studied by collecting oriented samples in the field and then measuring the directions recorded in those rocks back in the laboratory.

The bias calculation measures the direction, Republican or Democratic, that a firm's polls tended to miss.

It is a tendency to see letters and numbers in colour.Diffusion-tensor imaging measures the direction of movement of water molecules.

The situation of women and girls — their progress, their opportunities and their access to real justice — must be one of the primary indicators to measure the direction and success of the reconciliation process in Afghanistan.

But there has been no space-based, global-scale mission to directly measure the direction of the wind.