angle of ascent

That he could see it was an indication of the angle of ascent.

The object came into the forward ports as our angle of ascent steepened.

The acute angle of ascent caused the motor to whine as it warmed.

But the plane was so heavily loaded that the angle of ascent was nearly flat.

We climbed steadily for perhaps half an hour, the ground growing stonier, the angle of ascent steeper.

Continue north-west on a good angle of ascent as the grassy ridge becomes more defined.

Together discrimination between platform tests and satellite launches is possible by analyzing the angle of ascent.

While the angle of ascent steepens significantly closer to the summit, special climbing equipment is not required.

The angle of ascent was minimal at first, gradually steepening as the Prowler overcame gravity.

As the lifts ascend the inclined arc of the pillars, the angle of ascent changes.

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It wound up the mountain, a series of wide curves to lessen the angle of ascent, veering always clockwise until it reached the top.

Frequently, the length of the riser exceeds that of the tread, producing an angle of ascent somewhere between 45 and 70 degrees.

"If we do find lush pastures leftward and upward," explained Badbelay, "we can always steepen our angle of ascent.

The fan speed control system senses the combine's angle of ascent or descent and automatically adjusts the cleaning fan speed to compensate.

The angle of ascent eases for a moment, but suddenly gives way to the most significant obstacle to the first peak: a near-vertical rock face about 20 feet high.

The piece was "The Angle of Ascent," created by Tamar Rogoff and Anthony Tsirantonakis.

I found, however, that the rarefied air was giving markedly less support to my planes, and that my angle of ascent had to be considerably lowered in consequence.

Then, at fifty-five knots, Bluey hauled back on the yoke, and the airplane staggered into the air at what seemed to Cat an impossible angle of ascent.

As physicist Robert Adair has written,"When a baseball is hit straight at an outfielder he cannot quickly judge the angle of ascent and the distance the ball will travel.

The angle of ascent (or rake) of the stairs is more gentle than in modern buildings, with both a lower 'rise' to the next tread and deeper 'run' to the next step.

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Sulu forced himself to alter the shuttle's angle of ascent slowly, oh so slowly, to keep the uncompensated inertial forces from tearing his passengers- and his copilot- away from their braced holds.

Dr. Lauber said that the estimate that the plane had reached an altitude of only 100 to 150 feet was made by an air traffic controller and that two pilots had reported the steep angle of ascent.

Program notes described "The Angle of Ascent," presented on Wednesday afternoon at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors festival, as "a metaphoric collage addressing the variedness of life, its transformations, its mysteries, its impermanence, and its eternal continuance."