upward motion

collocation in English

meaningsofupwardandmotion

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upward
adjective
uk
/ˈʌp.wəd/us
/ˈʌp.wɚd/
moving towards a higher position, level, ...
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motion
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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Understated,upwardmotionin thirds, completely tasteful, with a minimum of movement of the trombone slide, which mostly remains closed.
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The hydrodynamic forces then drive furtherupwardmotion.
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The motion should be generated so, that theupwardmotionstarts before the impact and after the impact the hand moves into its initial position.
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The latter of course requires measurements or rungs to ensureupwardmotionand these measurements must be balanced and need to articulate across all subjects: conformity to ensure comparability.
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Theupwardmotionis greatly accentuated.
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This is the actual force ofupwardmotionalong a front that is responsible for clouds and precipitation.
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If enough moisture andupwardmotionis present, precipitation falls from convective clouds such as cumulonimbus and can organize into narrow rainbands.
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The ti's sound pulses in between the bell strokes, by raising the gourd in anupwardmotionand striking it with the free hand.
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When the fuel is ignited from the bottom, hot gases expand in the air gap giving it anupwardmotion.
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This extra heat leads to greaterupwardmotion, which can induce additional shower and thunderstorm activity.
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They are tuned toupwardmotionof a stimulus.
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These storms occur when high levels of condensation form in a volume of unstable air that generates deep, rapid,upwardmotionin the atmosphere.
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They are sites of strongupwardmotionof the air, which leads to the formation of bright and dense clouds.
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The latter is responsible for theupwardmotionof the upper bill in many birds.
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Thumbs-up with a littleupwardmotioncan be a grave insult, depending on context.
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It typically falls in regions of strongupwardmotionwithin the cold sector of an extratropical cyclone.
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The object displaces the water or medium the wave is travelling through and the medium moves in anupwardmotion.
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Hail formation requires environments of strong,upwardmotionof air with the parent thunderstorm (similar to tornadoes) and lowered heights of the freezing level.
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Due to several factors, includingupwardmotionand strong diffluencethe rate at which a fluid movesthe area became baroclinically unstable.
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The positive vorticity advection area is typically associated with divergence andupwardmotion.
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