Think of an eccentric muscle movement as gradually lowering that heavy object back down.

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He died from severe injuries to his face and head caused by a heavy object, post-mortem tests revealed.

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The ambulance was transporting a girl who was reliant on a life-support machine, when a heavy object was thrown at it.

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That is: lie in a ditch or ... (get) behind a heavy object if you had a tractor or even a tree.

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Think of a concentric muscle movement as lifting a heavy object overhead.

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Mr Williams had suffered severe head and face injuries and multiple rib fractures in a "brutal, vicious and sustained attack" with a heavy object, police said.

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Because gravity pulls on light as well as matter, when light passes by a heavy object it bends as though it is passing through a lens.

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If the object is heavy enough, the star will become measurably brighter.

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For those unfamiliar with the object, the caber is a heavy pole, or log, about the length and girth of a telephone pole.

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Shale-gas producers also face opposition from greens, who object to the industry's heavy water usage and a small risk that fracking could lead to contamination of aquifers and even to earthquakes.

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But some theorists believe that when it is possible, they will be able to determine how a particular object formed by comparing its spectrum with that of its parent star to determine the relative proportions of heavy elements in the two bodies.

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