Question about a verb

[chanbr]

Hi:

I was reading a Chemistry article, and the following sentence baffles me.

Movement of each component is monitored as a function of speed and considers the geometry of different rotor and tube combinations.

The word "considers", what is the subject for this verb? Thanks.

[curates-egg]

Hi:

I was reading a Chemistry article, and the following sentence baffles me.

Movement of each component is monitored as a function of speed and considers the geometry of different rotor and tube combinations.

The word "considers", what is the subject for this verb? Thanks.

=Not a Teacher=

It baffles me, too, and I am a native speaker. The subject of the verb appears to be "Movement (of each component)", but this makes no sense to me.

[SoothingDave]

I think this is what is meant. The monitoring takes into account the speed, the geometry and the tube combinations.

[Raymott]

Hi:

I was reading a Chemistry article, and the following sentence baffles me.

Movement of each component is monitored as a function of speed and considers the geometry of different rotor and tube combinations.

The word "considers", what is the subject for this verb? Thanks.

It's a poor sentence. Whatever it is supposed to mean, it doesn't say that.

[freezeframe]

Can you quote more of the paragraph? What comes before this sentence?