Sentence examples for solitary object from inspiring English sources

And so the kilogram, the only metric unit still based on a solitary object, will be reborn.

The lack of a Woodward-effect in single-target versions of the paradigm was first reported by Luo and Baillargeon (2005) in 5.5-month-olds familiarized with a self-propelled box approaching a solitary object.

The direct movement of the balls into the bucket is devoid of any cues to efficiency of action in the same way as a direct path to a solitary object (Hernik & Southgate, 2012).

The assumption that a repeated reach to a solitary object is sufficient for goal-attribution has its origins in the suggestion that persistence is a good cue for goal-attribution (Premack & Premack, 1994).

In the classic two-choice paradigm, the infant has evidence that the agent does not choose the ignored object, but in the solitary object condition, they have no information as to the agent's disposition towards any new object, and so do not know whether she might actually prefer this one when it is available.

The accepted interpretation of this caveat is that, while infants interpreted the approach towards the solitary object as goal-directed, they simply do not know which one the agent will approach now that there is a new object in the scene.

"I had often wondered if such solitary objects exist, and now we know they do".

As might be expected, results range from odd and solitary objects to breathtakingly elaborate collections of forms in a variety of materials.

"I had often wondered if such solitary objects exist," said Liu in a statement.

Solitary figures or objects — people, cars, chairs — are captured in front of imposing, hazy, and even picturesque scenes.

He asserts, accurately, that in the autist's often solitary world, "words, numbers, objects take on symbolic lives".