not extensible; incapable of being extended or stretched
Derived forms
inextensibility
noun
Word origin
[1830–40; in-3 + extensible]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: baby talk, format, isomerism, paraffin, walkover
Examples of 'inextensible' in a sentence
inextensible
Elastica and inextensible flows of curves play an important role in practical applications.
Yeneroğlu Mustafa 2016, 'On new characterization of inextensible flows of space-like curves in de Sitter space',Open Mathematicshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/math.2016.14.issue-1/math-2016-0071/math-2016-0071.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The natural frequencies are derived numerically by applying the modified inextensible theory.
Feng Liang, Xiao-Dong Yang, Ri-Dong Bao, Wei Zhang 2016, 'Frequency Analysis of Functionally Graded Curved Pipes Conveying Fluid', Advances in Materials Science and Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7574216. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Problems include lack of graphic visualization, simple representation, or inextensible format of outputs.
Yiqing Xu, Changwei Bi, Guoxin Wu, Suyun Wei, Xiaogang Dai, Tongming Yin, Ning Ye 2016, 'VGSC: A Web-Based Vector Graph Toolkit of Genome Synteny and Collinearity', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7823429. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper presents an efficient semi-analytical technique for modeling two-dimensional, linearly elastic, inextensible frames undergoing large displacement and rotation.
Jaroon Rungamornrat, Peerasak Tangnovarad 2011, 'Analysis of Linearly Elastic Inextensible Frames Undergoing Large Displacement andRotation', Mathematical Problems in Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/592958. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this paper, we construct a new characterization of inextensible flows by using elastica in space.
Yeneroğlu Mustafa 2016, 'On new characterization of inextensible flows of space-like curves in de Sitter space',Open Mathematicshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/math.2016.14.issue-1/math-2016-0071/math-2016-0071.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The linear thermoelastic behavior of a composite material reinforced by two independent and inextensible fiber families has been analyzed theoretically.
Melek Usal 2010, 'A Constitutive Formulation for the Linear Thermoelastic Behavior of ArbitraryFiber-Reinforced Composites', Mathematical Problems in Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/404398. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)