Fierce headwinds driving against currents produced steep-fronted waves that smashed into the fleet as it struggled to reach the finish line. |
Indeed, electrical currents could lead to a potential drop and to heating and catalysis of undesirable electrochemical reactions. |
Most of my interaction with the islanders was made treacherous by currents of wariness. |
Responses ensuing from the spontaneous release of single quanta are termed miniature excitatory junctional currents. |
Local fishing crews had told him of the Lombok Strait's fiendishly shifting currents, vicious whirlpools, and unexpected waves far from shore. |
The agency forester radioed for a rescue boat, but the aluminum craft with its three-horsepower motor was no match for the powerful currents. |