Sentence examples for placed rearward from inspiring English sources

In true ducks—i.e., those classified in the subfamily Anatinae in the waterfowl family Anatidae the legs are placed rearward, as in swans, rather than forward, as in geese.

The application of hindering loads to the kinesin stalk places a rearward load on its front head, and therefore can serve as a proxy for estimating the rate of detachment of the front head at the unbinding gate.

The nozzles point rearward with the lever in the forward position for horizontal flight.

The air intake was placed so it was rearward of the nose but forward enough to minimize air flow losses and reduce aerodynamic drag.

The lever is placed a bit too far rearward for ideal shifting, and the clutch's iffy take-up requires practice for smooth starts.

The center turret, placed in a superfiring position facing rearward, could not fire astern when the turret directly under it had its guns trained forward.

The rearmost turret was placed on the main deck, facing rearward, the next turret was placed on the main deck facing forward, but could only have fired on either broadside, it could not have fired straight forward or aft.

To keep a pressure seal on the column a small aluminium cone was placed around the electrical wires and pushed into the confinement to reduce rearward venting of the charge.

The Hypermotard does offer at least one nice creature comfort: its cleverly placed rearview mirrors, at the far ends of the handlebars, afford significantly improved rearward views.

How are the wings placed in relation to the fuselage, and how much do they sweep rearwards?

We were in a rearward position when the payload dropped.