Sentence examples for net motion from inspiring English sources

The electrons develop a net motion, or current, in one direction.

All of these random motions cancel out (this is the definition of "random", of course) so that there is no net motion, only an increased temperature.

Note the difference between random and net motion here: although the water molecules in a boiling kettle each have random motions of hundreds of metres per second, the kettle isn't going anywhere.

Even though there is no net motion of the train when averaged over a number of trips (the train is just moving back and forth), there is a net flow of commuters from the suburbs to the city.

We demonstrate that, although unstable motion in the form of Arnold diffusion is possible, non-biased diffusion of an ensemble of particles is restricted to certain regions in phase space such that the resulting net motion proceeds directedly.

The time-dependent mechanism considers that additional glide of a dislocation segment in a given slip system results by the net motion of forest obstacles at which the segment is detained.

This produces undulating motion, with net movement towards the light source.

In addition, some foci exhibited jiggling motion with no net motility (Movie S1).

In the bubble column, the cross section has a concentrated light region, and proper recirculation of fluid elements is not possible, since aeration only superimposes accidental movement with no net liquid motion.

K-NET and KiK-net strong motion data were provided by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience at www.kyoshin.bosai.go.jp (last accessed July 2016).

a Distribution of the peak ground acceleration (PGA; cm/s/s) of the Mw 7.1 main shock of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake on April 16, derived from records from the K-NET and KiK-net strong motion network (triangles) of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED).