What's the difference between fixable and mendable?

Fixable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being fixed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 3-H-galactose was incorporated into "fixable" macromolecules to some degree by all the neuroepithelial cells.
  • (2) Reactive functional groups included activated esters, amines, haloacetamides, fixable hydrazide derivatives, acrylamides, and photoaffinity reagents.
  • (3) This probe will be used as a histologically fixable MPTP which can be used to answer detailed anatomical questions concerning the sites of MPTP, MPP+ uptake and storage.
  • (4) These recently developed fluorescent dyes are fixable and identifiable in both living and fixed embryos.
  • (5) Some people kill themselves over matters that can seem to outsiders trivial or fixable, even inexplicable.
  • (6) • Google smartwatches review: LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live and Android Wear • Android Wear: the good, the bad and the fixable with apps
  • (7) The inner, inverted optic cup cells at the ora serrata, i.e., those that are undergoing differentiation into the unpigmented epithelium of the ciliary body, incorporate large amounts of 35-sulfate into "fixable" macromolecules.
  • (8) Guide-plane provides maximam retention power in cooperation with high fixable indirect retainer.
  • (9) Finally, a new tracer substance, biotinylated fixable dextran (BFD), is described which was essential for this study by virtue of its superior resistance to photobleaching and which offers several other advantages as well.
  • (10) Much of this looks fixable: some big reassurances about any future stewardship of public money, clear policies to show that his commitment to fighting inequality is not limited to London's ethnic minorities and a sustained love-bombing of the suburbs in partnership with Labour activists on the ground would go a long way to repairing Livingstone's appeal.
  • (11) It's yet another frustrating setback in a maddeningly inconsistent season for a team one loss away from an unbearably long off-season spent wondering what went wrong and whether it's fixable.
  • (12) But this method is restricted in its application because of the weak fixability of the torsional load.
  • (13) He would not put a figure on the amount he was prepared to invest in a rescue scheme but said he believed the situation was fixable.
  • (14) This is because such research necessarily comes at issues of sexuality from an angle that looks at any deviation from the narrowly defined and subjective ideal, as fixable or non-fixable abnormality.

Mendable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being mended.

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