Sentence examples for relatively stiff from inspiring English sources

Structure stiffness is increased which allows for characterization of relatively stiff (30 70 Nm− 1) piezoresistive scanning thermal microscopy probes.

His two closest accomplices also received relatively stiff sentences, but many of the defendants received lighter terms and two were acquitted.

Lawyers said yesterday that the relatively stiff sentence of at least three years behind bars suggested that Mr. Barron did not supply information about wrongdoing by other judges and indicated that any larger investigation had stalled.

They fly with relatively stiff, slow wingbeats (four to eight per second), but the scimitar-like design of the wing makes it the most efficient among birds for high-speed flight.

The relatively stiff requirements by a panel that included nuclear power supporters appeared to take Japan's nuclear industry and its backers in government by surprise, and pose a challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just weeks into his term.

And that provides a useful frame work through which to revisit some of America's economy history.America has in the past been criticised for extolling the virtues of economic liberalism and free trade despite having industrialised behind relatively stiff tariff barriers.

The steel fibers were relatively stiff and glued into bundles, i.e., collated.

Ultem® is a polyether imide having a very large and relatively stiff repeat unit.

Like other phases in the same family, these solids are relatively stiff and lightweight.

The adaptive method provides the most accurate estimates when the diaphragms are relatively stiff.

Furthermore, for the case where tsunami does not reach the canopy, the roots and the trunk behave relatively stiff.