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straight and line
Now, the next morning, they were anchored at The Elbow and the boat was riding directly over the underwater ledge where the green water turned to deepest blue and the cliff dropped straight down 600 fathoms, with the weighted line beside it ; ;
The rest continues in a straight line.
The symbol for division is a straight line that separates two numbers placed one above the other.
Indeed, the spiral Af, with the two endpoints connected by a straight line possesses only one inscribed square.
The square has one corner point on the straight line segment, and does not lie entirely in the interior.
The roots of this equation are just the ordinates of the intersections of the graph of B with a straight line of unit slope through Af in the b-plane ( the plane of the graph of b ).
This meant, concretely, that the patient could not read at all without making writing-like movements of the head or body, became easily confused by `` hasher marks '' inserted between hand-written words and thus confused the mark for one of the letters, and could recognize a simple straight line or a curved one only by tracing it.
If the cutting force, Af, is plotted against film thickness, a straight line should result passing through the origin and having slope Af.
This reduces to the relationship: Af, where Af is the intercept at zero thickness of the extrapolation of the slope indicated in eqn. ( 1 ), Af is the thickness of the coating equivalent to the rounding off of the knife tip, Af is a straight line first approximation of this roundness, and the other symbols are equivalent to those of eqn. ( 1 ).
I, frankly, can't draw a straight line.
The straight line would symbolize its uniqueness, the circle its universality.
Not a circle, then, nor a straight line, but a spiral represents the shape of death as Irenaeus sees it ; ;
By its terms the boundary between Alfred ’ s and Guthrum ’ s kingdoms was to run up the River Thames, to the River Lea ; follow the Lea to its source ( near Luton ); from there extend in a straight line to Bedford ; and from Bedford follow the River Ouse to Watling Street.
But he did not just speak straight out of these books but took a distinctive personal line in his consideration, and brought the mind of Ammonius ' to bear on the investigation in hand.
The Madaba Map depiction of 6th-century Jerusalem has the Cardo Maximus, the town ’ s main street, beginning at the northern gate, today's Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls | Damascus Gate, and traversing the city in a straight line from north to south to Nea Church.
Such a beam must come " straight " to the observer along a line which connects the observer with the position of the object when it emitted the light.
The true position ( or geometric position ) is the direction of the straight line between the observer and star at the instant of observation.
A function f ( x ) is asymptotic to the straight line ( m ≠ 0 ) if
On the other hand, nylon thread is more suited to peyote stitch because it is softer and more pliable than fishing line, which permits the beads of the stitch to sit straight without undue tension bending the arrangement out of place.
Successive positions every 30 seconds are joined by straight line segments ( the mesh size is 3. 2 µm ).
Given points P < sub > 0 </ sub > and P < sub > 1 </ sub >, a linear Bézier curve is simply a straight line between those two points.
* The curve is a straight line if and only if all the control points are collinear.
In Euclidean space, an object is convex if for every pair of points within the object, every point on the straight line segment that joins them is also within the object.
Coyote tracks tend to be more oval-shaped and compact than those of domestic dogs, and their claw marks are less prominent and the tracks tend to follow a straight line more closely than those of dogs.

straight and relationship
By maintaining a constant angular relationship to a bright celestial light, such as the Moon, they can fly in a straight line.
The relationship between various Bahraini communities and Iran is not as straight forward as it might at first seem ; while Shia Bahrainis share a degree of religious affinity with Iran, they tend to be acutely conscious of their Arab identity and hence particularly sensitive to suggestions of dual loyalty ( as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ’ s found in 2006 when he claim that Shia Arabs in the Persian Gulf were an “ Iranian fifth column ”; his views created a storm of criticism in Bahrain, with the deputy speaker of parliament calling on him to apologise ).
A rich relationship can develop between a straight woman and a gay man without sexual tension.
For the power-law relationship V < sub > out </ sub > = V < sub > in </ sub >< sup > γ </ sup >, the curve on a log – log plot is a straight line, with slope everywhere equal to gamma ( slope is represented here by the derivative operator ):
For example, a very common model is the straight line model which is used to test if there is a linear relationship between dependent and independent variable.
The humour had always been largely derived from their on-stage relationship, but whereas Hills and Green had cast Morecambe as the comic and Wise as the straight man, Braben inverted the relationship ; as theatre critic Kenneth Tynan noted, Braben made Wise's character a comic who was not funny, while Morecambe became a straight man who was funny.
" The Guggenheim Museum's online article on De Stijl summarizes these traits in similar terms: " It Stijl was posited on the fundamental principle of the geometry of the straight line, the square, and the rectangle, combined with a strong asymmetricality ; the predominant use of pure primary colors with black and white ; and the relationship between positive and negative elements in an arrangement of non-objective forms and lines.
Most people with a homosexual orientation who seek psychotherapy do so for the same reasons as straight people ( stress, relationship difficulties, difficulty adjusting to social or work situations, etc.
Nick's flight attendant girlfriend, Diane ( Angela Bassett ), encourages this decision, promising to fully commit to their relationship if he does indeed go straight.
The couple was strongly criticized for the relationship, and Wrangler was accused of " turning straight " and entering the relationship simply for money.
Just because a mathematical method produces a straight line does not mean it represents a real “ trend ” or reflects the relationship of the two variables.
* 29 – In New Zealand, immigration law changes approved by the cabinet in 1998 allow gay and lesbian couples the same rights as straight de facto couples applying for permanent residency under the relationship category.
Geometry of Miracles ( 1998 ) and The Far Side of the Moon (, 2000 ), a solo show in which he juxtaposed the Cold War competition of the Americans and the Soviets in the Space Race with the story of two Québécois brothers — one straight, one gay — and their competitive relationship after their mother's death.
Throughout the film, vignettes depict Gord's day-to-day activities, such as his sadomasochistic relationship with a paralyzed woman ( Marisa Coughlan ), and Gord's younger brother's attempts to " go straight " by going to work at a bank.
Both Kray and Boyle served as intelligent " straight man " characters to the bumbling Grim, not unlike PC Habib's relationship with Fowler.
Known for his public integrity, eloquent speaking ability, and genuine concern for his constituents, his private affairs were less straight forward ; his romantic relationship with the irascible and none too discreet Alice Roosevelt Longworth was unseemly, especially for the time, but it apparently did him no lasting political harm.
In these circumstances it is found that local realist assumptions lead to a straight line prediction for the relationship between quantum correlation and the angle between the settings of the two detectors.
Some writers have pointed out that Brady and the Patriots, despite great success in the regular season, have not won another Super Bowl since Bündchen and Brady began dating, and at least one columnist for the Business Insider has jokingly suggested that the relationship may be cursed, as Brady ( who was 3 – 0 in Super Bowls before Bündchen ) has failed for five straight years to win another NFL championship.
* She had the above-mentioned relationship with the openly-lesbian Martina Navratilova ( who was apparently straight before they met ).

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