In the case of the capture spiral, it needs to be so stretchy to absorb the impact of flying prey.

I was also inspired by Walt Whitman, who wanted to absorb America and have it absorb him.

Capacity to absorb an innovation

Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

By invisible, I mean it doesn't absorb in the electromagnetic spectrum.

It feels like it's going to absorb you into another world.

So if the web was made entirely out of dragline silk, an insect is very likely to just bounce right off. But by having really, really stretchy capture spiral silk, the web is actually able to absorb the impact of that intercepted prey.

Equally important were training and the development of national capacity to absorb technology.

And in these cavities, these micro cavities form, and as they fuse soils, they absorb water.

It is reprehensible that the poor are expected to absorb the cost of instabilities of production.

And he showed that gasses such as CO2 absorb heat, thus acting like a blanket warming Earth's surface.

However, the global market is no longer able to absorb China s massive exports, not to mention the immediate impact of economic malaise in Europe and the United States on export demand. Moreover, rising labor costs and a stronger renminbi will also undermine China s export sector, causing GDP growth to slow this year.

But I love that one, because that was an experiment about how much information one human brain could absorb.

In some cases, an island or group of islands may be able to absorb the likely displacement of population.

And by using mycelium as a glue, you can mold things just like you do in the plastic industry, and you can create materials with many different properties, materials that are insulating, fire resistant, moisture resistant, vapor resistant materials that can absorb impacts, that can absorb acoustical impacts.

Cool roofs are highly reflective surfaces that don't absorb solar heat and pass it on to the building or atmosphere.

A good book can completely absorb your attention, to the extent that you forget your surroundings and even your existence.

Poor people tend to be more exposed to threats and are less able to absorb the shocks inherent in disasters.

They consider the CKREE subject to be so designed that it would gradually absorb their son into the Christian faith.

The Advisory Committee was informed that the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006 2007 was insufficient to absorb 31,500.

Complicating this effort is the fact that, unlike in 1997 2002, China cannot absorb overcapacity by stimulating real estate investment and exports. And no one knows whether the much discussed innovative industries can have the impact that real estate investment and exports did not least because there is so much excess capacity in the traditional industries.

And again, they only absorb light at particular colors when electrons jump up and fall down, jump up and fall down.

It stands to reason that we, existing in this world, should in the course of our lives absorb intuitively those relationships.

Yes, many African countries need skills. But they are unable to absorb them, owing to several factors associated with economic backwardness.

In addition, the Government of Somaliland was increasingly concerned about the number of returnees and their capacity to absorb the returnees.

The problem this entails is worsening because neither the private sector nor the State has the capacity to absorb the increase.

b The missions will attempt to absorb the balance requirement for the period 2005 06 within the proposed 2005 06 budgets.

And finally, on your right side, you see a bubbly, cell like structure appearing, from which the body will absorb the fat.

And so actually it allows for an intense emotional exchange, but is serves to absorb the specificity of the words that are delivered.

Impact

So if I was to walk outside in the rain wearing this dress today, I would immediately start to absorb huge amounts of water.

Because these materials could actually absorb six to 12 times as much energy per pound as steel, and do so a lot more smoothly.

Allah knoweth that which every female beareth and that which the wombs absorb and that which they grow. And everything with Him is measured.

Allah knoweth that which every female beareth and that which the wombs absorb and that which they grow. And everything with Him is measured.

A number of instruments can be used to absorb a successful practice, including institutions and facilitators of the learning process and tools and guidelines.

Given the importance of the topic, States should be given a reasonable opportunity to properly absorb the significance and scope of the draft articles.

Urbanization was so rapid that cities could not fully absorb the new pool of labour, thus giving rise to the phenomenon of urban poverty.

In addition, the existing UNDP advisers will be able to absorb some functions that UNOTIL advisers are currently engaged in from May 2006, namely

The impact

It's hard enough to learn to get the skills, try to learn all the material you have to absorb at any task you're taking on.

It allows small and medium sized enterprises to absorb new technologies that increase efficiency and productivity and helps to improve employment opportunities and labour conditions.

Between 2005 and 2015, the least developed countries as a whole are expected to absorb nearly a quarter of all population growth in the world.

It was part of the federal government policy to use alcohol as an instrument with which to absorb the constant surplus of sugar cane production.

Ramp up support to Haiti over the long term as there will be an increasing capacity to absorb and use aid to build more sustainable development.

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries will be able to absorb only limited numbers of surplus workers from labour exporting countries owing to current work nationalization policies.