Sentence examples for modified the ballast from inspiring English sources
Dr. Leeb has modified the ballast to modulate the number of times per second that the light flickers.
If, for instance, the light is flickering at 40 kilohertz, or 40,000 times per second, which is standard for modern fluorescent fixtures using electronic ballasts, the modified ballast might alter the frequency slightly to create a digital 1, and then alter it slightly differently to create a digital 0, thus producing a binary datastream.
However, the reduction in stiffness induced by modifying the configuration under the ballast (by, for example, adding elastic mats) causes an increase in settlement, the latter exerting the strongest influence (even more so than the change in ballast thickness) on track performance.
The results showed that reducing track stiffness by modifying the elastic elements over the ballast layer leads to an increase in the capacity of the track to dissipate energy and to reduce its settlement.
The ballast of language is gone.
Grungiest grunt work: The deckhand cleans the ballast tanks.
A hand-released lever will operate the ballast and rudder.
This shift provided the ballast for the inflation-taming efforts of the 1980s.
The ballast tanks were located between the double hulls, a concept still in use today.
This can mean the ballast clogs up when it rains, providing less support for the tracks.
