Sentence examples for the wedged 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 values of off-axis wedge correction factor were determined at two different physical situations in the wedged and non-wedged directions on the entrance surface of the polystyrene phantom.
In Figure 2 (similar to results in [10]) and Figure 3, the estimated OAWCF was shown as a function of the off-axis distance in the wedged and in the non-wedged directions using 15 × 15-cm2 and 10 × 10-cm2 field sizes for 6-MV photon beams.
Figure 1 shows the estimated OAWCF as a function of the off-axis distance in the wedged direction and in the non-wedged direction for the mentioned wedges, using a 10×10-cm2 field size for 60Co photon beams (similar to results in [10]).
They are in the wedged direction (x) and in the non-wedged direction (y) for three different wedges under reference conditions.
In this paper, the off-axis wedge correction factor (OAWCF) was evaluated in different modes: two modes in the wedged direction (thin and thick edges of wedge) and in the non-wedged direction positions.
Students thought doing so would provide more stability and create a tighter foundation, but Mr. Robinson said the opposite occurred: the pressure from the wedged logs helped push the lower tier apart, particularly since the steel support cables were absent.
The gas pedal and the wedged-in stone.
The wedges are another matter.
Now the wedge cuts the other way.
