The beams will subsequently be recombined and examined for interferences that could reveal the subtle fluctuations of space-time caused by passing gravity waves.
Rather than remarking on seasonal changes in the surrounding foliage, the majority of New Yorkers whom I met would relish a detailed discussion about the subtle fluctuations in Real Estate Value.
How are terrestrial creatures, animals and plants and even man himself, influenced by these subtle cosmic fluctuations?
Always quick to sense the subtle fluctuations of my wife's feelings, I knew instantly this was not puppy love.
The machinery had powered up and the quantum-vacuum sensors had picked up strange, subtle fluctuations... but equally precise measurements established that Nightshade had not moved an angstrom further than it would have under ordinary inertia-suppressing propulsion.
His powers grow from a profound respect for music's grammar: tempos that allow rhythmic impulse and correct detail to be heard, accentuation that uses pianistic weight to express the subtle fluctuations of harmonic tension and release.
By systematically altering colors and the sizes of the circles, the artist produces syncopated rhythms and subtle fluctuations in space.
According to the map, subtle fluctuations in temperature were imprinted on the deep sky when the cosmos was about 370,000 years old.
Geologists study surface features and satellite maps, check soil and rock samples, and even use a device called a gravity meter to find subtle gravitational fluctuations that might indicate a subterranean flow of oil.
The fluctuations, though subtle, have a disconcerting effect on the viewer.