The near object's gravity bends the light rays from the more distant object and magnifies them like a lens.
American Coby Miller made the most of the Olympic Stadium's sweeping bends to win the 200m in 20.04secs - the second fastest time in the world this season.
The song, which was unofficially released as a free download single over the Christmas period, heavily samples Planet Telex, the opening track on Radiohead's second album The Bends.
To exploit the power of modern high-speed locomotives, engineers resort to tilting trains and special track free of sharp bends: it's cheaper than tearing up the existing rails and starting again.
"He's so proud to show off how his knee bends, " Thomas said.
In another spot, Ventura appears bare-chested as he bends in the pose of Rodin's "The Thinker" while an announcer reels off his credentials as a father and volunteer football coach.
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"Einstein's theory of general relativity tells us that mass bends space and time, so when light comes toward us through the Universe, if it passes some dark matter, its light gets bent and the image we see gets bent and distorted, " Dr Heymans told the meeting.
Pry off the backplate (which bends and flexes like the cases on Samsung's latest smartphones, but comes off far more easily) and you'll find a microSD slot.
TomTom's Windings Roads feature allows bikers to select routes with the most bends for a more exciting ride.
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Its second-generation Ankle Mimicking Prosthetic Foot (AMP-Foot 2.0) uses a pair of force sensors to determine the leg's relative position and let an actuator build energy when the foot bends, locking the power away to use only when the owner pushes off.
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Beneath the carpet is a mesh of optical fibres that detect and plot movement as pressure bends them, changing the light detected at the carpet's edges.
He bends down, puts his hands on the leather and that's when he begins to read the defense.
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As a U.S. official recently noted to me, Mr. Milosevic never gives in, he only bends.
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As the accompanying mini-documentary shows, the team behind this project not only put great care into constructing the 20ft x 7ft custom track with the right bends, it also faithfully crafted the slot cars so as to mimic the Audi quattro's all wheel drive mechanic.
Einstein's launch into fame, which occurred when measurements made during a 1919 eclipse confirmed his prediction of how much gravity bends light, coincided with, and contributed to, the birth of a new celebrity age.
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