Sentence examples for nearly rigid from inspiring English sources

The thick, nearly rigid sculptures that she calls Abakans were flexible enough to be easily stored.

The million-dollar atom movers operate in vacuums at temperatures so low that the atoms are nearly rigid.

Previously, padded wooden stakes were driven into the ground to form a nearly rigid barrier beneath a dome of spruce fronds, which some likened to tank defenses deployed on Britain's beaches in World War II.

The strongly temperature-dependent viscosity of rocks leads to the formation of nearly rigid lithospheric plates.

Both have cross-section modes involving a nearly rigid motion of the belt.

As an extension of previous work by others, this articles deals with maximum-entropy estimates for the statistics of static contact forces in assemblies of nearly rigid grains.

Linear isolation, while a potential solution, requires a very low fundamental natural frequency to be effective, resulting in large nearly-rigid body displacement of the structure, while linear vibration absorbers have little or no effect on the early-time response where relative motions, and thus stresses and strains, are at their highest levels.

This effort, coupled with a body structure nearly as rigid as a BMW sedan's and perfect front-rear weight distribution, indeed makes the X5 the best-handling sport utility around.

No one in New York, thankfully, is nearly that rigid, though more than a few restaurateurs bristled when I asked if they've noticed an increase in cocktail drinking through dinner.

The company enjoys a strong brand identity there and the smartphone market is not nearly as rigid.

Sexual expressions and identities exist on a spectrum, after all, and are not nearly as rigid as our current labels connote.