Sentence examples for is wedge from inspiring English sources
noun
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
The indenter is wedge shaped, so that the indentation depth is the only geometrical length scale.
The midsole foam molding is wedge shaped and runs the entire length of the shoe, while traditional shoes would have a separate heel block.
Both the impact of a single rigid wedge and the case of two elastically coupled bodies, where the lower one is wedge directly plunging the water, are studied.
One of the most iconic supporting characters from the original Star Wars movies is Wedge Antilles, the only pilot to survive both Death Star runs and the co-founder, with Luke Skywalker, of the Rebel Alliance's Rogue Squadron.
For example, it is wedge shaped in Fig. 1a.
In fibular hemimelia, the hindfoot lacks lateral support from the fibular malleolus; additionally, the distal tibial epiphysis is wedge shaped and the resulting slope adds to the instability of the hindfoot, which tends to slip off the tibia laterally and dorsally.
Its shell is wedge-shaped and varies widely in colour from white, yellow, and pink to blue and mauve.
The green is wedge-shaped and the red triangular — or boxy and pyramidal, as your eye, automatically exploring the possibilities of what's there, reverses its reading of the corner contours from concave to convex.
To maximize the sampling efficiency, the leading edge is wedge-shaped so that the width of the inlets is 5 mm, while the width of the sand chamber is 15 mm.
In Alabama, Lee Thrasher, 40, is wedged firmly in the gap.
An off-white leather ottoman is wedged in between.
