Piezoelectricity essentially refers to current that accumulates in certain solids in response to applied mechanical stress.
He became increasingly animated as he demonstrated how, after many years, plaque accumulates in the heart.
Over hundreds of thousands of years, this object accumulates enough material to become a planet.
What they didn't do was look in the sludge that accumulates when water is treated.
But it faces competition from Asia as capital accumulates there and the financial-services industry follows it.
As a microplate rotates, it accumulates material at its edges, forming a spiral-like shape.
This melt water has a relatively low density, so it accumulates in the top layer of the ocean.
As high-resolution data about prehistoric climates accumulates, archeologists are looking for connections between climate change and human development.
Over time, however, compassion is often blocked by negativity that develops and accumulates through the course of a life.
As clinical evidence accumulates on the virtual colonoscopy, doctors and insurers will be able to adjust their practices accordingly.
The reason being that the platinum used in catalytic convertors does leak and it accumulates in said roadside dust.
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Mercury bio-accumulates - that is, it builds up in the tissues of animals.
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As a result, the fat accumulates in the liver, spleen and bone marrow, causing bone damage, anemia and possibly death.
This accumulates in the liver, said Dr. Robin Blackstone, surgeon and medical director of Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center in Arizona.
This is a movie we have to feel our way into tentatively, gradually and it accumulates emotional force as it goes along.
C. team, so that they can track whatever effect might arise from the hits each player accumulates during his four years.
Notably, though by no means exclusively, it accumulates in the hippocampal neurons, where it is associated with the formation of lesions.
Everybody accumulates stuff, and many of us have cluttered closets and drawers.
This autonomous, solar-powered robot carries a ground-penetrating radar to study how snow accumulates, adding layer upon layer to the ice sheet over time.
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In summer the reverse process takes place: The (comparatively) cool earth becomes a waste dump for unwanted heat that accumulates inside the house.
That is because the personal accounts involve real savings and investment that accumulates investment returns compounding over the years to major estates by retirement.
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Remember that there is a long way to go before the election, and that you will seem better once Mr Blair accumulates more negatives.
The lower Treasury yields go, and the more debt the U.S. Treasury accumulates, the more forecasts we will hear about the imminent demise of Treasuries.
Look for the team to make him a starting pitcher down the road, once he accumulates the service time needed to command a big raise.
Italy has a high debt to GDP ratio: this is fine, as long as Italy can grow faster than the interest accumulates on the debt.
The more depressed a patient is, the more points he accumulates.
B-complex vitamin found in fish, meat, soyabeans, eggs and other foods, which is changed into trimethylamine and so accumulates in people who cannot deodorise the molecule.
But we struggle to capture and perpetuate the knowledge that our organization accumulates over time and share it with our colleagues so that our team performance can improve.
Ozone is good when it's high up in the atmosphere, says the study's author Mark Jacobson, but it's very bad when it accumulates near the surface of the earth.
Many students and recent grads are familiar with the power of compounding, but usually in a negative context with the interest that accumulates on their student loans and credit cards.
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