Sentence examples for plastic period from inspiring English sources

Although both volume changes and the resulting cracking have been well documented cracking during the plastic period remains a problem.

The plastic period in conventional concrete is dominated by two volume changes namely, plastic settlement and plastic shrinkage, which if restrained can result in cracking.

"We may be damaging the neuronal circuitry in the brain during this highly plastic period of development," he says.

This overall activity decline may reflect the GABAergic inhibition-regulated closure of the most plastic period of cortical development, the formation of the ocular dominance columns (Hensch and Stryker 2004).

New album Sound and Color finds them shifting into a funkier, postmodern retro soul sound, the nine-piece band (including three "background singers") occasionally reminiscent of the Black Keys with a sprinkle of David Bowie's "plastic soul" period.

Aided by the funk musician Carlos Alomar and a young Luther Vandross, his Young Americans album saw an unexpected diversion into R&B – his "plastic soul" period – just as Bowie became more visibly emaciated and alienated.

It suggests golden-age Hollywood, 80s Bob Dylan, Astral Weeks, Van Dyke Parks, Bowie's "plastic soul" period, and Springsteen for people who are suspicious of Springsteen – a cohort that includes Bejar himself.

Bowie's "plastic soul" period was a fine approximation of contemporary R&B with a soupçon of gospel, aided by American musicians that included backing singer Luther Vandross, Sly and the Family Stone drummer Andy Newmark, and Puerto Rican guitarist Carlos Alomar, who, on meeting Bowie, described him as "the whitest man I've ever seen".

In contrast, BTS have a highly plastic larval period and can remain aquatic and attain very large sizes if ponds are permanent, providing a source of bait that is both larger and potentially available year-round.

Three sectors have a strong ({varvec{FL}}) throughout the entire period: "Plastic products" (sector 138), "Advertising" (366) and "Hot-rolled steel" (163).

The War Nerd points out some very good reasons we should be laughing at this demonstration of laser-based weapons, which is in actuality just melting some plastic over the period of a minute or more.