Sentence examples for off direction from inspiring English sources

The disparity in responsiveness to airflow on and off exhibited by different sets of MB neurons (Fig. 7 and 8) may allow a stationary fly to distinguish a head wind (antenna moving in an airflow on direction) from a tail wind (antenna moving in an airflow off direction), and provide directional cues for odors that are carried by the wind.

These new data sets directly estimate the force exerted by paretic eye muscles during rotations of the eye in their off direction (i.e., in the direction in which the muscle normally acts as an antagonist).

Microgravity might be thought of as a step of motion of the hair bundle in the "off" direction for the hair cell, and adaptation in the transducer mechanism might negate any aberrant afferent response in µG.

See also Figure 6 figure supplements 1, 2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08964.014 10.7554/eLiFigure6 figureigure 6—figure supplement 1. ON and OFF direction responses of vDSGCs are similarly blunted when Pcdhg expression in SACs is altered.

I rattle off directions to my mountaintop with cool precision.

Even so, this feature sure beats pen and paper when someone starts rattling off directions when you're driving.

"ABOVE a supermarket?" my friends asked, sounding skeptical, as I rattled off directions to our destination that evening.

There are tons of options out there that doesn't include Dale Jr. spouting off directions to you.

(A ) Cumulative histogram of ON and OFF direction-selective indices (top) and angle away from ventral (bottom) for all recorded vDSGCs in Pcdhg, Pcdhg, and Pcdhg retinas (n = 28, 28, and 19, respectively).

The evening's biggest disappointment comes from Coppola's hands­-off direction.

He, S. & Levick, W. R. Spatial-temporal response characteristics of the ON-OFF direction selective ganglion cells in the rabbit retina.