Sentence examples for slide laterally from inspiring English sources

Volcanoes are not generally found at strike-slip zones, where two plates slide laterally past each other.

These factors, along with creep and bearing eccentricity or slope, tend to cause the beam to roll (tilt) about the supports and possibly slide laterally, which may induce failure.

In this state the molecules in each half of the bilayer remain in a fairly regular two-dimensional lattice but are free to rotate about their long axes and slide laterally through the layer.

In case of a pubovisceral muscle avulsion, the index finger will meet no resistance and slide laterally along the pubic ramus (c).

Many stocks tank or slide laterally.

This is followed by a period (phase 2) in which chromosomes slide laterally over the ball shaped spindle apparatus, eventually congressing to form a 'prometaphase' belt around it.

The Northern Pacific plate is sliding laterally past the North American plate in a northerly direction, and hence the San Andreas is classified as a strike-slip fault.

Suddenly, without using the turn signal, a car slides laterally into the tiny space in front of you, forcing you to slam on the brakes and creating a ripple effect of panicked drivers and honking horns behind you.

A run fake to Cobb sent linebackers Paris Lenon and Daryl Washington sliding laterally, which allowed Crabtree to burst downfield uncovered and catch the ball near the Packers 45.

If you're traveling up to the 75th floor, for example, and above you there are cars stopping on 17, 28, 39 and 57, then the computer on your car, in constant communication with the others, will read the situation and adjust accordingly, sliding laterally into a neighboring shaft and keeping you on the move.

Instead of a fawn on ice, she is a woman in her element: sliding laterally and expertly into open-stance forehands and backhands; sliding forward in pursuit of the drop shots that Bouchard rightly deployed to bring her out of her comfort zone and to the net.