Pre-modern societies do not have the same precise timekeeping requirements that exist in modern industrial societies, where every hour of work or rest is monitored, and work may start or finish at any time regardless of external conditions.

A precise search area was difficult to define, as even small differences in estimates of the aircraft's speed, or the environmental conditions along the flight path ( which varied significantly by location and altitude ), changed Cooper's projected landing point considerably.

“ Hence it is impossible to prepare the child for any precise set of conditions.

The barometric fuze was not considered accurate enough to detonate the bomb at the precise ignition height, because air pressure varies with local conditions.

In theory, the precise acceleration would vary, and the measurement would have to be recalibrated against the local value ; in weightless conditions, this kind of measurement would not be possible.

Prince Edward was placed under the supervision of the queen's brother Anthony, Earl Rivers, a noted scholar, and in a letter to Rivers, Edward IV set down precise conditions for the upbringing of his son and the management of his household.

Many enzymes work only under very precise conditions ; if the pH moves outside of a narrow range, the enzymes slow or stop working and can denature.

More complicated conditions on the derivative lead to less precise but still highly useful information about the original function.

Under suitable conditions this argument may be made precise.

The precise cause of eating disorders is not entirely understood, but there is evidence that it may be linked to other medical conditions and situations.

More generally there are other differences between the studies that need to be allowed for, but the general aim of a meta-analysis is to more powerfully estimate the true effect size as opposed to a less precise effect size derived in a single study under a given single set of assumptions and conditions.

The precise amount of equator-facing glass and thermal mass should be based on careful consideration of latitude, altitude, climatic conditions, and heating / cooling degree day requirements.

From the modern point of view, Bézout's treatment was rather heuristic, since he did not formulate the precise conditions for the theorem to hold.

Moreover, the EGR valve was controlled, in part, by vacuum drawn from the carburetor's venturi, which allowed more precise constraint of EGR flow to only those engine load conditions under which NOx is likely to form.

The precise volume can be more or less depending on climatic conditions and agricultural practice.

The object was " to state in precise form the value judgments required for the derivation of the conditions of maximum economic welfare " set out by earlier writers, including Marshall and Pigou, Pareto and Barone, and Lerner.

( k ) before entering into a contractual relationship with a person seeking a certificate to support his electronic signature inform that person by a durable means of communication of the precise terms and conditions regarding the use of the certificate, including any limitations on its use, the existence of a voluntary accreditation scheme and procedures for complaints and dispute settlement.

Coming to more precise detail, he specifies that he concedes " not only full and copious, but the most full, pardon of all their sins ", to those who fulfill certain conditions.

The precise conditions for gaining each Jubilee indulgence are determined by the Roman pontiff, and they are usually announced in a special Bull, distinct from that which it is customary to issue on the preceding feast of the Ascension giving notice of the forthcoming celebration.

In order to define the precise relationship to the DCT-IV, one must realize that the DCT-IV corresponds to alternating even / odd boundary conditions: even at its left boundary ( around n =– 1 / 2 ), odd at its right boundary ( around n = N – 1 / 2 ), and so on ( instead of periodic boundaries as for a DFT ).

More precise information is provided by various ergodic theorems which assert that, under certain conditions, the time average of a function along the trajectories exists almost everywhere and is related to the space average.

Thietmar, the principal German chronicler of the time, did not give precise details as to the conditions on which Boleslaw retained these lands.

Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that random chance, applied to a single and sole universe, only raises the question as to why this universe could be so " lucky " as to have precise conditions that support life at least at some place ( the Earth ) and time ( within millions of years of the present ).

As with all natural foods, the precise nutritional composition of rice varies slightly depending on the variety, soil conditions, environmental conditions and types of fertilizers.

) In reliance on this assumption, modern statutes often leave a number of terms and fine distinctions unstated — for example, a statute might be very brief, leaving the precise definition of terms unstated, under the assumption that these fine distinctions will be inherited from pre-existing common law.

The language of the DSM was described as " simultaneously precise and vague " in order to provide an aura of scientific objectivity yet not limit psychiatrists in a semantic or financial sense, and the manual itself compared to " a militia's Web page, insofar as it constitutes an alternative reality under siege " by critics.

Orthometric and normal heights differ in the precise way in which mean sea level is conceptually continued under the continental masses.

Meantime the " Special Regime " under which Palestine was to be governed had not yet taken precise and legal form.

The museum also holds many precise and detailed figure studies done in his youth under his father ’ s tutelage, as well as the extensive collection of Jaime Sabartés, his close friend and personal secretary.

San Francisco Bay is thought to represent a down-warping of the Earth's crust between the San Andreas Fault to the west and the Hayward Fault to the east, though the precise nature of this remains under study.

The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration.

The transmission of genes from parents to offspring is under the control of precise molecular mechanisms.

The central idea is that, under pressure, it is impossible to visually recognize the precise direction and speed of an attack and make a conscious decision on an effective way in which to react, all within the very brief amount of time you have before your opponent's attack lands.

A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a " second-in-command ".

It has also been pointed out that the concepts of " finding ", " music ", " love ", and " ardour "— the precise semantic field attached to the word troubadour — are allied in Arabic under a single root ( WJD ) that plays a major role in Sufic discussions of music, and that the word troubadour may in part reflect this.

The precise date of his birth, as of his death, is unknown ; but from the names of his teachers and companions, he must have lived under Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.

These are the precise condition under which corals flourish.

A plaque was placed under the arches at the precise spot.

Depending on the precise wording of any proposed or adopted declaration, personhood for the Great Apes may raise questions concerning protections and obligations under national and international laws, such as:

All that was subsequently revealed of their deliberations was which countries had qualified, with the precise scores and placings remaining under wraps ( although they were leaked some time later ).

He served under his brother-in-law Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg in the Thirty Years ' War from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various diplomatic missions, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes.

* Instrument landing system, a precise navigation system for aircraft, used under instrument flight rules

The precise figure may never be known since many people were buried under the mudslides.