Bubbles form in compacted glacial ice because the was air between the snow crystals that was trapped during compaction. From Wordnik.com. [Man made global warming? No way!] Reference
By examining bubbles of air trapped in compacted snow, it is possible for researchers to glean details about past environmental conditions. From Wordnik.com. [The Lovecraft News Network] Reference
This is possible only if the slope is less than 5% and if the road has a surface such as compacted gravel or stone to protect it from erosion. From Wordnik.com. [2. Drainage options] Reference
Future Vehicles will produce the easily "compacted" G-Wiz. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
While 'compacted' could have been ... ushelke: Looks like for everything in world there is a pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
Craig and his assistants ran up the hill ahead of us, making a trail of "compacted" sand for us to follow. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That the moon is a solid, compacted, opacous body. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
Laamu note: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006). From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
How ill these ill-compacted things and numbers would agree. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
I am lying on the seabed, on sand compacted by waves and waves. From Wordnik.com. [Overboard] Reference
The volumes given above are for cement compacted in the barrel. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
In slab work, the concrete is best compacted by tamping or rolling. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Shale is a fine-grained, sedimentary rock formed from compacted clay. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Shale Gas] Reference
Scottish glory, 'he -- the national bard -- compacted and crystallized into. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
It would be about the same thing to a root trying to live in compacted soil. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Rigid foam insulation is typically placed on top of compacted granular fill material. From Wordnik.com. [Radiant-heat systems, which provide luxurious warmth, are suited to many flooring types] Reference
These formulas give the amounts of cement in mortars and concretes compacted in place. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Here the Moors had established a strong, well-compacted state, known as the Kingdom of Granada. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Other causes include compacted, infertile soil and soil acidity, or pH, that's too high or low. From Wordnik.com. [A summertime tune-up for your yard] Reference
JN: I describe the experience as regular dating, except compacted into a few weeks and amplified. From Wordnik.com. [Paige Parker: The Nice Guy Tells All: Bachelorette Contestant Jonathan "The Weatherman" Novack Speaks Out] Reference
It's a moving, fiercely compacted performance that invites us to marvel at the resilience of the spirit. From Wordnik.com. [In The Eye Of 'The Hurricane'] Reference
When I see a character standing to-day above all reproach, compacted through many years of manly, honest. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
His features were different, but with the same compacted body the two men were as physically alike as twins. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Challoner Revision] Reference
Clay soils on the other hand are heavy and airless, easily compacted, hard to work, and hard to keep workable. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
"The Troy-Bilt's maneuverability, plus the way it dug under compacted snow, has made all the difference for us.". From Wordnik.com. [Inside CR Test Labs: Snow-Blower Workouts] Reference
A mass of snow may accumulate upon a steep slope and become compacted into ice by pressure, or remain loosely aggregated. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
This situation is caused by poor or compacted soils or by sprinklers that apply water faster than the soil can absorb it. From Wordnik.com. [A summertime tune-up for your yard] Reference
The outer moulding of the central circle is composed of closely compacted trefoils, that of the others has the wave ornament. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
The ruins rest on a ledge in the back of the cove formed of debris well compacted and apparently consisting partly of sheep dung. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
Professor SUSAN BARRY (Neurobiology, Mount Holyoke College): When I didn't see in stereo, space was very contracted and compacted. From Wordnik.com. [Do You See What I See? A Scientist's Journey Into 3-D] Reference
The landfill's layered liners include a foot of compacted clay, two synthetic liners, a geo-synthetic clay liner and a foot of sand. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Buchanan: Spill Waste Buried in Local Landfills But Not in Mississippi] Reference
Our Lord looked into the morrow, and He saw Simon's character, compacted by grace and discipline into a texture tough and firm as granite. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The soil of Mars, being much more lightly compacted than that of the earth, has absorbed an immense proportion of the water which was formerly upon its surface. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
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