Sentence examples for submerged portion from inspiring English sources

A flexible submerged portion separated the rear section from the rigid forward portion of the slipway to prevent the submerged part from rolling with the ship's motion.

If the ball is a perfect sphere with a diameter of 1 meter (3.3 ft) and it's floating exactly halfway submerged in the water, we can find the volume of the submerged portion by finding the volume of the entire ball and dividing it in half.

This was the submerged portion of the bow, where structural timbers known as the apron, the stem post and the gripe are found.

For example, the Nile River delta is retreating rapidly, widening the submerged portion of the continental margin, because the Aswan High Dam has trapped much of the sediment normally fed to the delta front.

The state news agency, RIA Novosti, described Mr. Putin's dive as "another of his trademark adventure activities" whose purpose, this time, was to draw attention to a submerged portion of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria, an archeological site that has been called the Russian Atlantis.

David DeVilbiss, a vice president of Global Diving and Salvage, a Seattle-based company that is not involved in the work, said that the bags might be used within the ship to alter its buoyancy; he did not say they would be used underneath the submerged portion of the ship.

The ensuing flooding submerged portions of Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive to about 4 ft (1.5 m) deep.

Between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, sea levels rose, submerging portions of the Florida peninsula and causing the water table to rise.

If you only wanted to shrink a portion of your jeans, like the legs or waistband, you could submerge that portion only under the boiling water.

The improved RFT model integrates the force components of individual leg elements over the curved leg portion submerged in GM at any moment during a full period of leg rotation.

Once you feel you have submerged the lower portion of your object to its approximate half-mark, smooth the top surface of the clay as much as possible before moving on to the next step to make a mold.