Sentence examples for thumb method from inspiring English sources

They then provide a simple rule of thumb method for taking account of the direct sun on a person.

Applying the rule of thumb method given in North et al. [ 38], we find that the first six eigenvalues are sufficiently separated and may be treated as individual subspaces.

However, there are rule of thumb methods that have been used for many years by engineers.

Throughout the past decades, the industrial refrigeration industry has developed various "rule of thumb" methods for sizing gravity liquid separators for ammonia and other common refrigerants.

Others prefer a double-thumb method, while some -- yes, it's true -- resort to pecking away with the index finger of the hand not holding the phone.

For example, in giving CPR to an infant, the two-thumb method with the hands encircling the chest is much more effective than the previously suggested two-finger method, the association said.

Due to lack of design standards, the engineering decisions often rely on rule-of-thumb method which may lead to quite conservative or unsafe designs.

The "two-fingers-and-thumb" method is used for Punch-type figures; it allows the puppet to pick up and grasp small props very well and is obviously useful when wielding the stick that plays a big part in the show, but it tends to produce a lopsided effect, with one arm higher than the other.

The two-thumb method, which is generally considered more effective for optimal coronary perfusion than the two-finger method, is performed by placing both thumbs on the lower third of the sternum, gripping the chest with the hands and supporting the back with the fingers [ 15, 23].

Further, because much traditional construction wastes wood, engineering calculation has supplanted empirical and rule-of-thumb methods.

Kepler objected to the rule-of-thumb methods of wine merchants to estimate the liquid contents of a barrel.