"position" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In his 1955 book A Night to Remember, Walter Lord described Titanic as assuming an "absolutely perpendicular" position before its final plunge.
- This apparent contradiction is caused by the perpendicular position of the grain boundaries; the boundary diffusion factor is excluded, and material transport is correspondingly reduced.
- When an ion beam is focused on a particular spot, the metal flakes in the paint rotate to a perpendicular position and the paint darkens.
- The mounting of spare wheels is totally different at the rear of the truck in a perpendicular position.
- As they watched, one section unfolded from the bottom to a perpendicular position, and another unfolded from that, parallel to the ship.
- At once the sapling shot up, and after that gave no more trouble, remaining in the decorous and perpendicular position in which nature had intended it to grow.
- The sea anchor remained just under the surface of the ocean in a perpendicular position.
- After river traffic has passed, it is hand-cranked again until it has been returned to its perpendicular position across the river.
- The leading engine was derailed, and thrown along- side the line, while its tender was left in an almost perpendicular position.
- Tori initiates the throw by stepping to the same side as Uke's advance, and rotating 90 degrees to a perpendicular position with Uke.
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