Sentence examples for system of descent from inspiring English sources

Mashamboy and other masks made of raffia and decorated with shells, beads, and even bells and feathers were traditionally used to dramatize the founding of the royal dynasty and its matrilineal system of descent.

The life tenant, for example, was forbidden in the 13th century to use the property in such a way as to damage it or to cause it to deteriorate unless the grant specifically allowed it, and the tenant "in tail" was forbidden to ignore the system of descent laid down for his property.

Across sub-Saharan Africa, patterns of family support vary by country, region, system of descent, and ethnicity.

The peculiar Lycian system of matrilinear descent is clearly evident in the texts.

Polygamy and systems of patrilineal descent are commonly practiced throughout the country [ 66].

Along with designing of descent module systems, including systems of braking in the atmosphere, designing of flight operation sequence and trajectories of motion in the atmosphere is performed.

An observed phase difference is, in fact, consistent with a large set of discrete altitudes, but in practice such radio altimeters are used in connection with instrument landing systems for measuring altitude and rate of descent during the last few seconds before touchdown.

The differences between matrilineal and patrilineal systems nonetheless drew the nature of personhood to the attention of descent theorists.

When the astronauts learned from Houston of the stage's impact, Swigert radioed back, "Well, at least something worked on this flight.…I'm sure glad we didn't have an LM [Lunar Module] impact too!" About two hours later the descent stage propulsion system of the lunar module was ignited for 5 seconds at 10 percent throttle, 21 seconds at 40 percent throttle, and almost 4 minutes at full throttle.

After solving a system of linear equations, a new feasible descent direction is designed.

The entry, descent, and landing system of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft includes a unique subsystem of airbags for impact attenuation.