Sentence examples for outer secondary from inspiring English sources

The cork cambium provides an effective barrier against many kinds of invaders; however, in being so resilient, it also cuts off the outer secondary phloem and tissues from the rest of the wood, effectively killing it.

Thus, in the trunk and older branches of a large tree, only the outer secondary xylem (sapwood) serves in water conduction, while the inner part (heartwood) is composed of dead but structurally strong primary xylem.

By adjusting the outer secondary air blade angle to 15°, the sticking-particle ratio can be further lowered to 8.73%.

The unit provided the introduction of overfire air (OFA) and a decrease in the flow area of the inner and outer secondary air ducts of the swirl burners.

Under the optimal outer secondary air vane angle, NOx emissions were found to decrease by 60.50% at a load of 600 MWe subsequent to retrofitting of the boiler.

The NOx emissions decrease from 316 to 237 mg/m3 (O2 = 6%) when outer secondary air vane angle varies from 20° to 30°.

Thus stepwise replacement of the outer secondaries was seen in 12.8% of adults that were molting secondaries.

The nodal feathers scattered throughout the primaries and outer secondaries suggest interruptions of molt for substantial periods of time.

There is strong evidence of stepwise molt for adults, both in the primaries and in the outer secondaries.

Given that we have shown that the 10 primaries and the 7 outer secondaries each constitute single molt series, then the presence of new feathers in these series that are separated by older would be strong evidence of stepwise replacement.

Interruptions in the replacement of primaries and outer secondaries likely provide the mechanism for generating multiple waves of feather replacement that are sometimes observed in these two molt series [16],[16].