Sentence examples for relatively abrupt from inspiring English sources

Relatively abrupt changes in sea level may have significantly influenced Cambrian environments and life.

The long history of life on Earth has been punctuated by relatively abrupt changes.

It has been a steep, relatively abrupt drop from the time when Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi were still setting the global agenda for the men, and Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport and the Williams sisters were leading the way for the women.

There's no telling what's behind Psion's relatively abrupt about-face but I'd guess it has to do with money.

The intensity gradually increased again toward the present with a relatively abrupt increase in amplitude at 1.25 Ma.

The kinetics of evaporation followed those of pure water initially but then showed relatively abrupt transitions to lower evaporation rates.

The process of escaping the old-age trap and allowing younger generations to assume their key role in the economy can be either gradual and relatively smooth, or abrupt and relatively traumatic.

She hypothesizes that the relatively recent and abrupt increase in female employment in that country made it more difficult for men there to adjust.

In contrast to other Doppler parameters, Doppler tissue imaging E' maximal velocity measured at the lateral mitral annulus represents an index of LV diastolic function that is relatively insensitive to abrupt and marked preload reduction.

An ecological threshold has been defined as an abrupt or relatively rapid change in an ecosystem quality, property, or phenomenon (Groffman and others 2006).

Firstly, the three major cell wall components, cellulose, GAX and lignin, increased relatively steadily without any abrupt changes between the elongation, transition and maturation zones of the elongating internode.