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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alpha particles are just high-energy 4He nuclei; after decelerating and picking up electrons, they become atoms of 4He.
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An underpowered helicopter will rapidly decelerate as soon as you apply any control input and the model will come to a dead stop-probably inverted.
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Between the bow shock and the magnetopause the solar wind is greatly decelerated.
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I have an aggravating whine coming from my gearbox every time I decelerate in fourth gear.
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Only four steps are required to decelerate the motor, as the load torque contributes to the decelerating torque.
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Our flight continued to decelerate to about 70 knots.
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Steeply, noses high, the whole flight rapidly decelerated for the landing.
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Then, with a single powerful engine burn, the spacecraft can decelerate to a soft landing on the lunar surface.