Wind erosion is of two primary varieties: deflation, where the wind picks up and carries loose soil particles ; and abrasion, where surfaces are worn down as they are struck by airborne particles carried by wind.

In addition to its " host wing " responsibilities for operating and maintaining the installation, the 306th's primary operational mission at McCoy AFB was deterring nuclear attack on the US by maintaining constant ground alert, and flying frequent cycles of airborne alert.

At approximately 19: 00 the evening of 14 April 1986, 24 F-111Fs departed Lakenheath's runway, six of which were airborne spares in the event malfunctions forced any of the primary aircraft to abort.

The Bendix / King KLN 90B is a panel-mounted, IFR-Approach Capable, long-range, airborne navigation system used in mostly general aviation aircraft with the primary purpose of providing the pilot with position information ( from GPS ) and displaying guidance information with respect to a flight plan defined by the pilot.

Their primary connection is to their Liferock, which is a large formation of stone that they emerge from.

Per its original Bylaws, primary responsibility for policy formation in ICANN was to be delegated to three supporting organizations ( Address Supporting Organization, Domain Name Supporting Organization, and Protocol Supporting Organization ), each of which was to develop and recommend substantive policies and procedures for the management of the identifiers within their respective scope.

The primary symptoms are the results of decreased stimulation of the motor cortex by the basal ganglia, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the brain.

The primary structure of a biological polymer to a large extent determines the three-dimensional shape known as the tertiary structure, but nucleic acid and protein folding are so complex that knowing the primary structure often doesn't help either to deduce the shape or to predict localized secondary structure, such as the formation of loops or helices.

Antonio Gramsci believed that civil society is the primary locus of political activity because it is where all forms of " identity formation, ideological struggle, the activities of intellectuals, and the construction of hegemony take place.

Mineral precipitation and temperature are the primary climatic influences on soil formation.

The two words are both compound words that follow the English rules of formation: the primary meaning is the latter part of the compound, while the modifier is the first part.

* The primary market performs the crucial function of facilitating capital formation in the economy.

He coined the term “ phallocentrism ” in a critique of Freud ’ s account of sexual difference arguing along with Klein and her Berlin colleague, Karen Horney, for a primary femininity and penis envy as a defensive formation rather than arising from the fact, or “ injury ”, of biological asymmetry.

While it is not impossible that some binaries might be created through gravitational capture between two single stars, given the very low likelihood of such an event ( three objects are actually required, as conservation of energy rules out a single gravitating body capturing another ) and the high number of binaries, this cannot be the primary formation process.

It is not certain, however, to what degree predisposing factors lead to metabolic changes and so on, or if metabolic changes or formation of ectopic endometrium is the primary cause.

Since insulin is the primary hormonal signal for energy storage into fat cells, which tend to retain their sensitivity in the face of hepatic and skeletal muscle resistance, IR stimulates the formation of new fatty tissue and accelerates weight gain.

* Adventitious roots arise out-of-sequence from the more usual root formation of branches of a primary root, and instead originate from the stem, branches, leaves, or old woody roots.

Removal of the alternate host disrupts the life cycle of the rust fungi Cronartium ribicola, preventing the formation of basidiospores which infect the primary host.

The primary distinction between wet and dry avalanches is the presence of liquid water in the snow at the time of avalanche formation.

Matriarchy is also the public formation in which the woman occupies the ruling position in a family ( a primary cell of society ).

Before the county ’ s formation, the primary settlement was Frenchtown, which was settled in as early as 1784 along the banks of the River Raisin.

Possibly also the Egyptian doctrine of eight primary gods ( see above ) may have contributed to the formation of a theory of which Egypt was the birthplace.

In 1959, while still the director-designate of the Memorial Theatre, Peter Hall announced that the formation of a permanent company would be a primary objective.

In keeping with Ellington's formation of small groups featuring his primary soloists, Bigard continued to be featured under his own name on Variety and subsequently Vocalion and OKeh through 1940.

In such formation of all arms, the tanks must play primary role, the other weapons being subordinated to the requirements of the armour.

The formation of primary groups happens within secondary groups.

After his Nobel prize award, Edelman began research into the regulation of primary cellular processes, particularly the control of cell growth and the development in multi-celled organisms, focussing on cell-to-cell interactions in early embryonic development and in the formation and function of the nervous system.

The brigade would be required to deploy up to three separate battlegroups, the primary tactical formation employed in British doctrine.

The primary purpose of this text is to refine the literary concept dhvani or poetic suggestion, by arguing for the existence of rasa-dhvani, primarily in forms of Sanskrit including a word, sentence or whole work " suggests " a real-world emotional state or bhāva, but thanks to aesthetic distance, the sensitive spectator relishes the rasa, the aesthetic flavor of tragedy, heroism or romance.

The earliest Buddhist texts explain that the four primary material elements are the sensory qualities solidity, fluidity, temperature, and mobility ; their characterization as earth, water, fire, and air, respectively, is declared an abstraction — instead of concentrating on the fact of material existence, one observes how a physical thing is sensed, felt, perceived.

The Oral Torah is the primary guide for Jews to abide by these terms, as expressed in tractate Gittin 60b, " the Holy One, Blessed be He, did not make His covenant with Israel except by virtue of the Oral Law " to help them learn how to live a holy life, and to bring holiness, peace and love into the world and into every part of life, so that life may be elevated to a high level of kedushah, originally through study and practice of the Torah, and since the destruction of the Second Temple, through prayer as expressed in tractate Sotah 49a " Since the destruction of the Temple, every day is more cursed than the preceding one ; and the existence of the world is assured only by the kedusha ... and the words spoken after the study of Torah.

Its primary purpose is to prevent conflicts and war, preserve the sovereignty of Denmark, secure the continuing existence and integrity of the independent Kingdom of Denmark and further a peaceful development in the world with respect to human rights.

With this in mind it is sometimes argued that the Theravada would not have been considered a " Hinayana " school by Mahayanists because unlike the now-extinct Sarvastivada school, the primary object of Mahayana criticism, the Theravada school does not claim the existence of independent dharmas ; in this it maintains the attitude of early Buddhism.

The primary difference between the two is that henotheism is the worship of one god, not precluding the existence of others who may also be worthy of praise, while Monolatry is the worship of one god who alone is worthy of worship, though other gods are known to exist.

Two primary factors influence Japan's climate: a location near the Asian continent and the existence of major oceanic currents.

The existence of angular unconformities had been noted by Nicolas Steno and by French geologists including Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, who interpreted them in terms of Neptunism as " primary formations ".

Besides Zarathushtra's Gathas, Plato gives the earliest surviving account of a " natural theology ", around 360 BC, in his dialogue " Timaeus " he states " Now the whole Heaven, or Cosmos, ... we must first investigate concerning it that primary question which has to be investigated at the outset in every case ,— namely, whether it has existed always, having no beginning of generation, or whether it has come into existence, having begun from some beginning ".

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae ( 500-428 BCE ) in Asia Minor, also maintained the existence of an ordering principle as well as a material substance, and while regarding the latter as an infinite multitude of imperishable primary elements ; he conceived divine reason or Mind ( nous ) as ordering them.

The existence of secondary markets increases the willingness of investors in primary markets, as they know they are likely to be able to swiftly cash out their investments if the need arises.

After the violence which took place at the Chicago convention, Daley claimed his primary reason for calling in so many Guardsmen and police was reports he received indicating the existence of plots to assassinate many of the leaders, including himself.

This fear reached a crescendo with the 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis and the alleged existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that became the primary justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The United Federation of Planets has existed as part of the Star Trek universe since the first season of the original series and is the primary focus of all the Star Trek series, with the exception of Star Trek: Enterprise, which is set before the Federation comes into existence.

Later novels would, however, identify the Plan's uncertainties that remained at Seldon's death as the primary reason for the existence of the Second Foundation, which ( unlike the First ) had retained the capacity to research and further develop psychohistory.

The primary threats to its existence are habitat destruction and fragmentation due to slash and burn agriculture, fuelwood gathering, and logging.

But for materialists, ideas have no primary reality as essences separate from our physical existence.

The primary reason for the existence of the military is to engage in combat, should it be required to do so by the national defence policy, and to win.

He claims, however, that the Jewish tradition did not base its belief in God primarily on intellectual activity because Judaism is theistic, believing in a personal God: just as we do not come to know people through creating proofs of their existence, so too that has not been the primary way in which Jews have come to know God.

Hopkinsville is the headquarters and primary manufacturing facility for Ebonite International, one of the oldest and largest bowling ball manufacturers in existence.

De Quincey was oppressed by debt for most of his adult life ; along with his opium addiction, debt was one of the primary constraints of his existence.

Due to the fact that our understanding of Tupí cannibalism relies solely on primary source accounts of primarily European writers, the very existence of cannibalism is widely disputed in academia.

These schools came into existence in 2011 following a major reorganisation of primary school provision in the town that replaced 6 separate junior and infant schools with 3 primary schools.

On multiple occasions this star has been examined for the existence of a low stellar mass or brown dwarf companion orbiting at a distance of at least 1 astronomical unit from the primary.