Sentence examples for sliding point from inspiring English sources

This formalism was generalised in Duffour and Woodhouse [Instability of systems with a sliding point contact. Part 2: model extensions 271 (2004) 391 410] to include all possible linear routes to instability.

In Duffour and Woodhouse [Instability of systems with a sliding point contact. Part 1: basic modelling 271 (2004) 365 390], predictions were obtained using a friction law featuring a constant coefficient of friction.

Guns present danger at a distance, with little action at hand beside ducking, diving, sliding, pointing, running, and reloading, which are, for the most part, cinematic clichés piled atop one another in a rapid montage.

In order to verify the cloud of georeferenced sliding points obtained from images, it was compared with the existing models acquired from terrestrial photogrammetry and laser scanning, showing good accordance and small changes through the years.

In order to slide: Point your front foot forward while bending your knees; shift your weight to the front.

What Jordan has always done better than most famous persons is move through a crowd, somehow sliding from Point A to Point B without getting bogged down.

The Nasdaq composite index was up 17 points, or 0.53 percent, at 3,353 after sliding 85 points in Tuesday's trading.

Also, 12 miles north of the Mud Creek slide, the road reopened in July at another slide point to one-way reversing traffic.

The Techmark 100 index of technology companies fared worse, sliding 101.9 points to 3,355.78.

The Nasdaq composite index had its biggest loss since June 15, sliding 20.46 points, or 1.1percentto to 1,894.

The index slid 24 points to 7257.72 points in morning trading.