Examples of eddy current in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ventricular fibrillation is like eddy currents of electricity in the heart, which form where a wave of electrical impulses can’t pass through scar tissue. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, "MIT’s Koch Institute wins STAT Madness with technology to see tiny ovarian tumors," 6 Apr. 2020 From now through March is prime time in this area for a 5-pound smallmouth. The can’t miss bait is a live shad about 4 inches long, but plenty are also caught on crankbaits, jerkbaits and swimbaits worked in the eddies current breaks. — Frank Sargeant, al, "Friday Fishing Report: What lures are working for anglers?," 10 Jan. 2020 Magnets and eddy current machines pull out aluminum and steel cans, sending them to the appropriate bins to be flattened, baled together and sold. — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al.com, "Montgomery bet $31 million on future of recycling and its ‘magic garbage machine’," 17 June 2019 After the 2016 incident, Southwest began conducting eddy current inspections, a test similar to ultrasonic inspections, on planes brought into the shop. — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, "Southwest plane engine failure that caused an emergency landing complied with inspection recommendations," 3 May 2018 Molten minerals tend to be better conductors, which means stronger eddy currents. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Star’s magnetic field could turn habitable-zone planets into magma soup," 27 Oct. 2017

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