Sentence examples for reverse the direction from inspiring English sources

The thrust reversers are mechanical parts that slide into position to reverse the direction of the jet engine's blast, used by pilots when they are landing.

In addition, the weight and complexity of the apparatus required to reverse the direction of the bypass stream (to achieve thrust reversal in order to shorten the aircraft's landing roll) also increases with the bypass ratio.

The latter process is reversible because only a slight increase in the restraining force could reverse the direction of the process from expansion to compression.

If such a minus-end directed Dyn1/2 motor meets an oncoming endosome, Dyn1/2 is able to reverse the direction of the moving endosome toward the minus end.

Can't Hollywood reverse the direction of ticket prices?

"In other people's bathrooms, I routinely reverse the direction of the TP roll," he said.

How did Ivanovic reverse the direction of the match and soundly defeat Stephens?

However, a high pressure applied to the concentrated side can reverse the direction of this flow.

Once play is stopped, the referee will reverse the direction so the offensive team advances into the west end zone.

Prisms can reverse the direction of light by internal reflection, and for this purpose they are useful in binoculars.

"Hitler's major contribution," Mr. Heller writes, "was to reverse the direction of the swastika" so that it appears to spin clockwise.