Sentence examples for move over the surface from inspiring English sources

The regions of accumulation move over the surface as the position of the Moon varies relative to Earth, mainly because of Earth's rotation but also because of the Moon's orbital motion around Earth.

PACE is a two-link flexible multi-body experiment constrained to move over the surface of a large granite table.

Shadows cast by the spacecraft superstructure move over the surface with time and only perturb the regolith temperature in the upper 0.8 m.

The Earth's outer layer, the lithosphere, is divided into rigid rocky plates comprised of continental and oceanic crust that move over the surface of the Earth by sliding on the plastic upper layer mantle, the athenosphere.

This displacement is converted to an electrical output by a pointer fixed to the mass moving over the surface of a potentiometer attached to the housing.

A wind moving over the surface of water likewise creates no ripples unless its speed exceeds a certain critical value, but this is a more complicated phenomenon, and the critical speed in question is distinctly higher.

This investigation deals with the LTM of a tape moving over the surface of a cylindrical guide.

For example, evidence and understanding of the idea of 'fixed continents' was scientific 'fact' until the 1960s when the theory of plate tectonics was developed to explain how continents have moved over the surface of the earth (Williams, 2011).

The M6 has a measuring head that moves over the surface in an XY-motorized stage with a minimum step size of 10 μm and maximum travel range of 800 × 600 mm (w × h).

Application of the tracer has been demonstrated through the collection of real-time images of the tracer moving over the surface of a soil box during a rainfall event.

By dragging a dropped ink solution over the patterned mold with a glass stick or a needle, the meniscus of the ink solution moved over the surface of the mold to fill the channels without leaving any residue on the raised surface.