What is "harnessing"

Usage examples of "harnessing".

Now most of the men were stowing the last few items and harnessing the horses, occasionally pausing to grab one of the hotcakes and rashers of fried fatback the women cooked and handed out in relays.

Pollitt was the only one in good humor, being not very well informed as to the state of the emotions on the ship, and very interested in the harnessing process.

He had not given any real thought to the process of harnessing at all, beyond doing his best to see that it occurred, and he had no idea what an appropriate name might be for a dragon.

Though the breed was first considered intractable, and indeed some consideration was given to their destruction, as too dangerous to be left unharnessed, during the reign of Elizabeth I new methods of harnessing were developed which secured the general domestication of the breed, and they were instrumental in the destruction of the Armada.

Sometimes, it was when Vetch moved a little too quickly, once, when Baken accidentally pinched a fold of skin while harnessing him.

The yokes harnessing them to the wagon didn't allow for much peripheral vision, so when they tried to look around, the entire wagon shuddered.

They would be capable of harnessing vast amounts of solar energy to beam powerful signals deep into space - especially one with an over-active sun such as Gamma Persei.

Therefore, according to Einstein, because a body increases in mass as it gets closer to the speed of light, it could never reach that speed limit because it would, by that stage, possess infinite mass and, even by harnessing the total energy of all matter in the universe, it would be impossible to accelerate it any further.

It was only after an escape from the nightmare presented itself—suddenly and unexpectedly, with the harnessing of nuclear power and the prospect of unlimited energy—that people began to worry.

Sexual reproduction and DNA, the patenting of hemoglobin and harnessing of oxygen as a higher-power energy source, all represented breakthroughs into new realms of capability, and eventually the development of the first functioning spacesuit in the form of the amphibian egg paved the way for migration into and colonizing of a completely new, initially hostile environment.

The harnessing of steam, the application of electricity, and the exploitation of oil all opened up eras of wealth creation that were as qualitatively distinct from each other as they were from the economies based on wind, water, and muscle power of the Middle Ages.

The shapes seemed to symbolize the ultimate mutation of science—the harnessing of knowledge to unleash ever more potent forces of destruction upon a tormented world.

He accepted as so self-evident that it was not worthy of debate the axiom that only the harnessing of knowledge to create universal wealth and security could provide a permanent solution to the world's problems.

The most powerful weapon that man has developed to combat these enemies is science—the acquisition and harnessing of knowledge.

Now come, you'll want to supervise Captain Hotspur's harnessing of your horse.