Sentence examples for a flexible cord from inspiring English sources

Normally associated with suspension bridges, the word catenary describes the curve made by a flexible cord freely suspended between two points.

The notochord (i.e., a resilient, flexible cord of specialized cells passing through the vertebral column) is usually persistent in adults.

The ball body is clever and works, but for smaller spaces or ones where there are fewer obstructions, the more important design features are a long, flexible cord and the vacuum wand portion, which is long and light.

A pulley is a wheel that carries a flexible rope, cord, cable, chain, or belt on its rim.

Popcord is made of precision cast zinc and a flexible rubber cord.

Insert the thin flexible cord into the seal's groove all the way around.

The cables hold the tower upright much as some children's toys can be jerked upright by pulling tight an elastic cord, and they make it both taut and flexible in the wind.

Sew an elastic cord.

Key to the program were apparently specially designed flexible cords made out of nanofibers (basically high-tech bungee cords) and a personnel team from the Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Weather Service.

It works like this: The fingers of the hand are controlled, like many other such hands and indeed our own, by flexible cords that run along their lengths.

Tethers — flexible cord-like members with tensile strength but low (or zero) compressive strength — have been widely used in robotics as they are robust and low-cost; they provide a means of mechanical support and leader tracking between vehicles; and they can also facilitate power sharing and communication [5].