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Example sentences for "deflection"

Lexicographically close words:
deflated; deflation; deflect; deflected; deflecting; deflections; deflector; deflects; deflexed; deflexion
  1. Note the absolute absence of any consciousness on Christ's part of the smallest deflection or disharmony between Himself and the Father.

  2. The smallest deflection from the path that leads to Him will carry us away into doleful wastes.

  3. It appears clearly from this that the angle of deflection is not in a simple ratio with the magnetic force acting on the needle.

  4. The answer to this first question is linked to the solution of another, viz, whether the degrees deflection are a direct expression of the measure of the magnetic force or not.

  5. Here is a combination of the deflection law for a needle in a transverse horizontal field and the magnetic-force law for a long, straight wire.

  6. To use it, two leads of a voltaic circuit are inserted into the mercury cups AC and BD, and the board EFGH carrying the cups is moved vertically until some "standard" deflection is obtained on the compass needle below.

  7. When two were connected the deflection was 60 deg.

  8. Deflection of the stream predicted by Johnstone Stoney and Downing.

  9. The first attempt at an experimental estimate of the "mean density" of the earth was Maskelyne's observation in 1774 of the deflection of a plumb-line through the attraction of Schehallien.

  10. The needle of the potential indicator is mounted at the lower end of a steel axle, to the upper end of which is fastened a light aluminum pointer, whereby the deflection of the needle can be read off on a scale divided directly into volts.

  11. In this way it is possible to obtain a more evenly divided scale than in the case when the deflection follows the law of tangents, as in an ordinary tangent galvanometer.

  12. When tested on the 600th anniversary of the building the spire showed, it is said, no further deflection from that registered two centuries earlier.

  13. By a report of Sir Christopher Wren made in the time of Bishop Seth Ward, two hundred years ago, it is evident that in his time the deflection was not increasing, nor do quite recent observations show any reason for serious anxiety.

  14. When the ordinary relation between the curvature and the bending moment is applied to the calculation of the deflection of continuous beams it must not be forgotten that a correction of the kind just mentioned may possibly be requisite.

  15. The deflection of the beam is determined from the equation curvature of central line = bending moment :- flexural rigidity, and the special conditions at the supported end; there is no alteration of this statement on account of the shears.

  16. With the scale at a distance of two metres, a deflection of 130 mm.

  17. If a galvanometer is in the circuit, the increased deflection of the instrument will indicate the presence of the waves.

  18. Thus the deflection of the galvanometer can be used to indicate the arrival of electric waves.

  19. The deflection of the magnetic needle can therefore reveal the existence of an electric current in a neighbouring circuit, and this fact was soon utilized in the construction of instruments called galvanometers (q.

  20. But if this smaller spiral be placed at a different angle to the larger one, it is, as you observe by the deflection of the galvanometer, again affected.

  21. Now, on again interposing the iron plate the deflection falls to a little less than one-half, as before.

  22. Now, by replacing the copper plate to its former position you will note how rapidly the deflection falls.

  23. The iron will now be removed, but the spirals left in the same position as before, and by increasing the speed of the reversals you see a higher deflection is given on the galvanometer.

  24. The slightest miscalculation at the start led to a very apparent deflection of alignment.

  25. But if a load is so applied that the deflection increases with speed, the stress is greater than that due to a very gradually applied load, and vibrations about a mean position are set up.

  26. The increase of deflection due to impact at 40 or 50 m.

  27. V the actual deflection of the bridge; we have V = av/b, approximately.

  28. By plotting and averaging he obtained the following results:-- Excess of Deflection and straining Action of a moving Load over that due to a resting Load.

  29. The abutments also must be strong enough to take safely the thrust of the weighted arch, as the slightest movement in these supports will cause deflection and failure.

  30. Indian bridges, and found the increment of deflection due to impact to depend on the ratio of dead to live load.

  31. From these equations the deflection produced by any given stress on the chains or by a change of temperature can be calculated.

  32. It is usually accurate enough in deflection calculations to take for I the moment of inertia at the centre of the beam and to consider it constant for the length of the beam.

  33. Whole tip blackened, but more on one side than the other; on the fourth day slightly, and on the sixth day greatly deflected from the more blackened side; the deflection on the ninth day amounted to 90o from the perpendicular.

  34. On the fifth day deflection amounted to 45o from the perpendicular, and this on the seventh day increased to about 90o.

  35. After one day deflection distinct; on the third day it amounted to 44o, and on the fourth day to 72o from the perpendicular and the cauterised side.

  36. Whole tip blackened in the same manner as in the last case: on the second day decided deflection from the more blackened side, which increased on the seventh day to nearly 90o; on the following day the radicle appeared unhealthy.

  37. After 36 additional hours angle of deflection reduced to about 30o.

  38. In the plane of the bean itself the deflection amounted to 8o or 9o from the vertical and from the card, in opposition to Sachs' curvature.

  39. After two days deflection slight, yet distinct; on the third day the tip was again touched on the same side with caustic and thus killed.

  40. The deflection of the radicle after 21 hours is shown at A, and of the same radicle after 45 hours at B, now forming a loop.

  41. But there was moderately distinct deflection from the perpendicular and from the attached object in only one radicle out of this large number of cases.

  42. When, however, the axis was directed to this current, a deflection occurred, which was as great as that from the luminous flame itself.

  43. That the heat radiation from hot gases is but very small in comparison with that from equally hot solid bodies, was shown by the large deflection produced when a piece of fine wire was held in the hot-air current.

  44. As the room-walls had pretty much a uniform temperature, the deflection of the galvanometer was but slight, when the tube-axis of the thermopile was directed anywhere outside of the hot-air current rising from the flame.

  45. This movement will be the difference (if any) between the deflection on the whole span of the cross-girder due to the live load, and the upward flexure of the girder due to the centre reaction, considered as separate effects.

  46. At the middle of the centre girder the total amount to be screwed up will be that corresponding to the deflection excess s, but towards the ends this amount decreases, and may advantageously be represented by a diagram as Fig.

  47. When the curve is laid down so that its chord equals the span to scale, the method involves an error of excess in the resulting deflection or droop which is as much as 7 per cent.

  48. From this the deflection of the outer girders corresponding to this modified live load may be derived.

  49. In the second place, the violent magnetic storms produced by the helium aurora appear to have left their mark each time upon the earth in a permanent, if slight, deflection of the compass needle.

  50. A few drops of sulphuric acid or even vinegar will increase the conductivity of the water so as to produce a marked deflection of the galvanometer needle.

  51. The deflection of the galvanometer needle will be very slight, showing that the resistance of clean water is considerable.

  52. Thus the deflection of the galvanometer was made to indicate the arrival of electric waves.

  53. The arrangement was placed in series with a galvanometer and a battery; when the turnings were struck by electric waves, the resistance between loose metallic contacts was diminished and the deflection of the galvanometer was increased.

  54. Unless the ship wishes to communicate with shore by special speaking instruments, in which case, instead of receiving signals from the shore, ship will put on a C to E current to oppose deflection on shore.

  55. Should ship desire to open communication by special speaking instruments, notice will be received by a signal of 8 reversals (giving a deflection the opposite to the ordinary signals) of 1/4 minute's duration.

  56. This signal will be 10 reversals of 1 minute each--the first current giving a deflection the opposite side to the first current of the ordinary signals.

  57. After the insulation test is taken, it is to be worked out thus--The same deflection at the 15th minute's reading will be obtained with the same battery through resistance, and a shunt to the galvanometer.

  58. The identical instant at which the effusion of light was observed was recorded by an abrupt and strongly marked deflection in the self-registering instruments at Kew.

  59. The vault of the sky emptying itself in an avalanche of flame, while from within the wide stream of projectiles, collisions caused by some accident of deflection originated interior spots of sudden blazing light.

  60. The adverbs of deflection (of the chief importance in etymology) may be arranged after a variety of principles.

  61. Two facts in diamond-drilling have to be borne in mind: the indication of values is liable to be misleading, and the deflection of the drill is likely to carry it far away from its anticipated destination.

  62. The deflection of diamond-drill holes from the starting angle is almost universal.

  63. The amount of such deflection varies with no seeming rule, but it is probable that it is especially affected by the angle at which stratification or lamination planes are inclined to the direction of the hole.

  64. In this type of instrument the deflection is proportional to the square of the current, producing a constantly decreasing sensitiveness as the pressure applied is decreased.

  65. Hot wire instruments are equally accurate with alternating or direct current, but have cramped scales (since the deflection is proportional to the square of the current), and are liable to creep owing to unequal expansion of the parts.

  66. Mirror deflection is now used also for the indicators of many kinds of instruments.

  67. The velocity was deduced from the deflection of the pendulum, its known moment of inertia about the line of the knife-edges, the distance of the line of fire from that line, and the mass of the bullet.

  68. Thus the deflection (measured by the displacement of a reflected ray of light used as index) gives an indication of the amount of the potential difference.

  69. The needle was deflected as it would have been by a certain average current, and the deflection was opposed by the action of the earth's horizontal magnetic field H.

  70. Attracted-disk-electrometers simply measure, either by weighing or by the deflection of a spring, the attractive force between two parallel disks at different potentials.

  71. The time was ripe for a quantitative investigation of current induction, like that furnished by the genius of Ampère after the discovery by Oersted of the deflection of a magnet by an electric current.

  72. That force is got at once from the angle of deflection (which is easily observed), the charge on the ball, and the value of m.

  73. If the galvanometer deflection is 'up' when A alone is excited, the excitation of B will give rise to a downward deflection.

  74. On vibrating the zinc wire, a deflection of 33 dns.

  75. And if the resistance of the circuit remained constant, then an increase of galvanometer deflection would accurately indicate a heightened or depressed E.

  76. The galvanometer deflection takes place at right angles to the motion of the paper.

  77. A corresponding negative deflection resulted on vibrating the wire B.

  78. The intensity of this induced magnetisation may be measured by noting the deflection it produces on a freely suspended magnet in a magnetometer.

  79. The response-curve thus rises to its maximum, after which the deflection is held as it were rigid, so long as the vibration is kept up.

  80. On vibrating the wire A no measurable deflection was produced, thus showing that neither water friction nor surface variation had anything to do with the electric action.

  81. Sometimes this process is very rapid, and in any case, under continued light, the deflection falls.

  82. If there have been any change, the variation of deflection will show the amount, and we can make allowance accordingly.


  83. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deflection" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.