Recent studies have highlighted the geometrically nonlinear response of structural lattices based on tensegrity prisms, which may gradually change their elastic response from stiffening to softening through the modification of mechanical, geometrical, and prestress variables.
They take an age to soften right through to the core.
It is difficult to tell whether China's push to soften its image through movies, media and cultural projects has been successful.
Now, governments will face conflicting calls to soften the downturn through new regulation and to restart growth by opening the world's borders further.
The words "blitz everything" came to replace the pages of chop this, mince that, grind or fine-slice something else, sweat to soften, and force through a sieve, twice.
Even as an adolescent, I knew what was meant by this: I was just too Bolton-sounding, in spite of my Chester-born dad's attempts to soften my accent through years of childhood elocution lessons.
Jones: It would have to be looking at the tax on dividends and looking at the potential to soften the blow through increasing payment on account.
Suspecting that their response is likely to be unpopular, people who frequently respond "Yes, but... .. are trying to soften that response through making an insincere concession.
From the third to fifth years of his annunciation as a prophet, Muhammad deployed warrior poets ahead of his invading armies to soften the targets through mockery and derision.
Smokers cook meat slowly with indirect heat, allowing the fat from the meat to soften and distribute through the tissue, making it tender and delicious.
