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Examples of rocking

rocking

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Side-to-side rocking is required for straight-legged walking devices and it may enhance the stability of walking if properly controlled.
The x-axis represents the angular speeds of the stimulus rocking.
In addition to these 'rhythmic spirituals', hard-driving rhythms were also found in a style of gospel singing and clapping known as 'rocking and reeling'.
Compared with fertilised controls the rocking phase is prolonged significantly (50 min).
Instead, the children learned to make a distinction between a 'walking song' and a 'rocking song'.
Another technique to resist rocking is to use swing arms.
We found that performance improved and response latencies became shorter when the overall rocking velocity of the display was increased.
A visual display comprised of random-dots that mimicked a rigid, three-dimensional object rocking back and forth was used.
For example, a given child would see rocket as a prime, but not rock, rocking or rocky.
Overall effect of different rocking speeds in the detection task: the faster the rocking, the higher the percent correct and the shorter the reaction time.
The gait patterns to be compared are: step lengths, step periods, walking speeds, the gravitational power and ranges of side-to-side rocking angles.
Side-to-side rocking provides the ground clearance, which is essential for walking with straight legs.
The inexorable persistence of the opening motive conjures up a grief-stricken widow, rocking to and fro in her overwhelming sorrow.
She touched the doll briefly then put the bowl down in her lap, rocking it gently with both hands and smiling occasionally.
Also, a child who had only a shape bias would tend to favor subordinate categories (terrier, rocking chair) over basic-level categories (dog, chair).
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