upper branch
collocation in Englishmeaningsofupperandbranch
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upper
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈʌp.ər/us/ˈʌp.ɚ/
at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part ...
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branch
noun[C]
uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/
a part of ...
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(Definition ofupperandbranchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, we wish also to investigate the stability of those shapes lying on theupperbranch.
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Figure 8 illustrates the flow correspondingto a point of theupperbranchof the same curve of neutral stability.
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We conclude that theupperbranchwill continue indefinitely, and the synchronization regime will extend to infinity!
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Similarly, r2 () is a mapping from the unit circle to the steady shape lying on theupperbranch.
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The instability on theupperbranchis responsible for the wavy flows observed in up-flow while stable slugs occur in down-flow.
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The strength of the weaker vortex is 0.6 for theupperbranch, representing only about 20% of the circulation of the stronger vortex.
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There are two branches of neutral curves for up-flow and two branches for down-flow, the capillary branch and theupperbranch.
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Where they exist, solutions on theupperbranchare stable with respect to timedependent perturbations whereas solutions on the lower branch are unstable.
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However, we choose to illustrate the body moving down for the initial branch, and the body moving up for theupperbranch.
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The corresponding phase angle remains slightly above 0 throughout the initial andupperbranchregimes, and then jumps by almost 180 at the upper lower transition.
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Since the case of lower mass ratio here also has a lower mass-damping, the peak amplitude in theupperbranchis increased, while the lower-branch data sets collapse well.
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If the gap is too large, theupperbranchbecomes shallow or even repulsive, and the system can also dissociate.
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The lower branch of each appendage is a leg for walking, while theupperbranchis a long, feathery gill.
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In a given space, theupperbranchtravelling laterally along the bottom of the rib until it anastomoses with its corresponding posterior intercostal artery.
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The plumose flowers appear in compact groups, that spike out from theupperbranch, beginning as white and turning to a deep red colour.
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The (c) -examples contain one instance of right-branching (theupperbranch) and one instance of left-branching (the lower branch).
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