Sentence examples for terrestrial advantage from inspiring English sources

When we all go digital, the default terrestrial advantage of BBC1 and BBC2 will go, and all four channels will be up against popular digital channels with only the few words on the electronic programme guide pointing up the difference.

Or you feel that the trees surrounding your home provide too many hiding places for your enemies, and you yearn to live in an isolated desert landscape but only on a hill, in a retro, above-ground dome where you have the terrestrial advantage over approaching foes.

Mr. Payton, a former astronaut and senior NASA official, has acknowledged that the spacecraft is ultimately meant to give the United States new advantages on terrestrial battlefields, but denies that it represents any kind of space weaponization.

Satellite services have several advantages over terrestrial broadband.

Marine plant biomass has many advantages over terrestrial plant biomass as a feedstock.

An efficient way of realization is the use of satellite networks for telemedical applications, as satellite communication has some distinct advantages over terrestrial communication channels: mesh topology networks, broad geographical coverage, multicast capabilities, etc.

The potential use of microalgal biomass for energy production has gained increasing attention in recent years, due to the many advantages over terrestrial crops [ 31].

Algal systems offer advantages over terrestrial plant sources, such as higher productivity, increased oils, avoidance of food-for-fuel, and the potential for using both wastewater and saltwater [ 1, 2].

In particular, the biodiesel produced by microalgal biomass may be a viable alternative to petroleum-based and land-plant-based fuels because microalgae have several advantages over terrestrial plants for biofuel production, such as low land requirements and high oil yields [ 1– 3].

The team wanted to take full advantage of the terrestrial Crittercam's 30-hour battery life and stretch out recording to roughly a week.

A possible explanation is that absorption at longer wavelengths provided a significant advantage in the terrestrial environment.