What's the difference between bendable and limber?

Bendable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being bent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The combination of a myocutaneous flap or free cutaneous tissue transfer with a three-dimensional bendable reconstruction plate either of stainless steel or titanium has provided very satisfactory results in primary restoration of mandibular defects following surgical resections in irradiated patients or in those who require postoperative radiotherapy.
  • (2) The combination of a myocutaneous flap with a three-dimensional bendable reconstruction plate has provided satisfactory results in restoration of mandibular defects following surgical resections in irradiated patients.
  • (3) Ease of insertion and exceptional bendability are other features that make this device attractive.
  • (4) This difference between the two operators is likely to be due to an intrinsic bendability of the caa operator related to thymine tracts located on both sides of the operator.
  • (5) The major advantages of the new fibroscope are its diameter (4.9 mm), flexibility and bendable tip (260 degrees range).
  • (6) Mechanically an intramedullary nail cannot be conceived of as a nail but rather as a bendable feather subject to longitudinal tension and, to a lesser degree, to transverse pressure.
  • (7) By mechanical definition an intramedullary nail is not a nail but rather a bendable feather, subject to longitudinal tension and to a lesser degree to transverse pressure.
  • (8) We propose that bendability is responsible for the observed rotational nucleosome positioning.
  • (9) MMTV-LTR DNA sequences show an intrinsic bendability that closely resembles its wrapping around the histone octamer.
  • (10) Richard Windsor, formerly with Nomura Securities and now an independent technology analyst, commented : "We have been waiting for these for over a year and still there is no sign of [bendable screens].
  • (11) This device is a semirigid rod that is bendable and provides good support to the erection.
  • (12) The data suggest that the site-specificity of DNA gyrase may be partly determined by the bendability of the DNA.
  • (13) The bendability of DNA with different sequences at these bend centres parallels the bending preference of the sequences in nucleosomal DNA.
  • (14) The 'rules' that are emerging for DNA bendability and, from the results of other workers, on intrinsically bent DNA, are likely to be useful in considering looping and bending of DNA in other processes in which it is thought to be wrapped around a protein core.
  • (15) Bendable titanium inserts and castable abutments allow the optimum achievement of esthetics, regardless of the angle of implant placement.
  • (16) The combination of a myocutaneous flap with a three dimensional, bendable reconstruction plate has provided very satisfactory results in restoration of mandibular defects following surgical resections in irradiated patients.
  • (17) "Like a lot of concept demos at CES, the bendable TV is more a novelty with little practical application," remarked David Katzmaier, who has reviewed TV sets for the website CNet since 2002.
  • (18) The ability of DNA to form loops is affected by the distance between binding sites; by the DNA sequence, which determines deformability and bendability; and by the presence of other proteins that exert an influence on the conformation of a particular sequence.
  • (19) The bendability of both devices resembles the twisting of a gooseneck lamp.
  • (20) Protein p6 does not seem to recognize a specific sequence in the DNA, but rather a structural feature, which could be bendability.

Limber


Definition:

  • (n.) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
  • (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
  • (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  • (v. t.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
  • (a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
  • (v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Carriers of the other defect genes have no advantage for milk production, are scored lower for pelvic angle, and limber leg carriers have more desirable udders.
  • (2) The New York Times opened a report from London thus: "While the world's athletes limber up in the Olympic Park, Londoners are practising some of their own favourite sports: complaining, expecting the worst and cursing the authorities."
  • (3) Of the two schedules the first one (without a preliminary "limbering" rotation) was more favourable.
  • (4) Left to its own devices, the world is still planning to spend the next decade or two mostly limbering up, engaging in the kind of impressive-looking stretching that runners enjoy at the start line.
  • (5) There are rumours that this production of Company is limbering up to transfer to the West End.
  • (6) LIVE ON BIG WEBSITE LATER Transfer-deadline-day-short-straw-puller Rob Bagchi is limbering up as we type, with – and we kid you not – a computer keyboard and computer mouse in front of him.
  • (7) In a centrifuge with a 1 m radius 18 animals got ventro-dorsal gravitation stress according to schedule N 1 (with limberung-up) and 18 animals according to schedule N 2 got gravitation stress without limbering-up.
  • (8) Proteinase K, the extracellular serine endopeptidase (E.C.3.4.21.14) from the fungus Tritirachium album limber, is homologous to the bacterial subtilisin proteases.
  • (9) The team looked flat and strangely subdued and the crowd longed for Ronaldo's arrival, howling his name and enthusiastically rising to their feet when he appeared on the touchline to limber up.
  • (10) Now the candidates for the position of chancellor after the election will be limbering up for Monday's debate .
  • (11) A number of proteinases are induced and secreted into the culture medium of Tritirachium album Limber when the nitrogen source is limited to exogenous proteins.
  • (12) The program must be tailored to the patient, starting with relaxation and gentle limbering exercises and proceeding ultimately to vigorous muscle-stretching exercises.
  • (13) British bookmakers remain among the favourites to triumph in the World Cup – they'll take up to £600m online according to a new report by Regulus Insights and Sporting Index – and one of our teams, Betfair , will limber up for the big event this week by unveiling its annual results.
  • (14) This was not a great way for Tottenham to limber up for the new Premier League season, which kicks off for them at Manchester United at lunchtime on Saturday, as they were convincingly beaten by Real Madrid .
  • (15) Therefore, routine limbering-up is recommended before sports activities.
  • (16) Schedule N2 (18 rotations without a preliminary limbering-up) proved to be more effective.
  • (17) Proteinase K (EC 3.4.21.14) from the fungus Tritirachium album Limber is the most active known serine endopeptidase.
  • (18) We have isolated the genomic and cDNA clones encoding a novel proteinase from the fungus Tritirachium album Limber, named proteinase T, synthesis of which is induced in skim milk medium.
  • (19) The cDNA and the chromosomal gene encoding proteinase K from Tritirachium album Limber have been cloned in Escherichia coli and the entire nucleotide sequences of the coding region, as well as 5'- and 3'-flanking regions have been determined.
  • (20) Otherwise the Premier League champions in waiting did not move outside the Midlands and seemed more than content to limber up for the campaign with friendlies at Lincoln, Mansfield, Burton and Birmingham.

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