| 单词 | retarding force |
| 例句 | If an object is slid along a rough horizontal floor, it soon comes to rest because friction between it and the floor acts as a retarding force. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Tradition is a great retarding force, is the vis inertiæ of history, but, being merely passive, is sure to be broken down; and thus religion will be no lasting safeguard to capitalist society. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z Iroquois Confederacy, though friendly, was a retarding force to the northern stream of emigration. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The retarding force that can be applied by a brake is limited by the possibility of skidding the wheel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z But superstition, while a retarding force to civilization, is sometimes a mighty consolation to the spirit. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery His science is to make weapons and wings of these passions and retarding forces. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse By deciding to combat Russian progress you became a retarding force, a deliberate drag on the development of your species, seeking to cripple and restrain rather than to grow and develop. Combat A step forward, followed by a long period of readjustment of the conditions of life; a movement forward here and a retarding force there. History of Human Society The later scholastic Protestant doctrine of verbal infallibility necessarily encouraged critical reaction and proved a widely extended retarding force far down into the 19th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z In a rotating spheroid there come into play retarding forces augmenting with the velocity of rotation. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Leave a body alone, free from all friction or other retarding forces, and it will go on for ever. Pioneers of Science Seaton gradually increased the retarding force until the needle showed that they were very close to the other vessel and maintaining a constant distance from it. The Skylark of Space He then exerted a very small retarding force, so that their bit would lag behind the procession, as though it had accidently been separated. Spacehounds of IPC "I hear it," spoke Cora calmly, but she pressed her foot down harder on the brake pedal, and tried to use the compression of the cylinders as a retarding force, as Paul had showed her. The Motor Girls Let Taranto try as it will to be modern and progressive, there is a retarding force which shows little sign of being overcome—the profound superstition of the people. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy Hence no such frictional or retarding force can appreciably exist. Pioneers of Science In the one case, the retarding force is momentary and complete within itself—in the other it is endlessly accumulative. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 |
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