(a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
(a.) Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
Example Sentences:
(1) By the 1860s, French designs were using larger front wheels and steel frames, which although lighter were more rigid, leading to its nickname of “boneshaker”.
(2) Diphenoxylate-induced hypoxia was the major problem and was associated with slow or fast respirations, hypotonia or rigidity, cardiac arrest, and in 3 cases cerebral edema and death.
(3) Pitlike surface structures seen in negatively stained whole cells and thin sections were correlated with periodically spaced perforations of the rigid sacculus.
(4) Rigidly fixing the pubic symphysis stiffened the model and resulted in principal stress patterns that did not reflect trabecular density or orientations as well as those of the deformable pubic symphysis model.
(5) The fracture can be treated arthroscopically by rigid internal fixation, while at the same time treating possible associated lesions.
(6) This study examined the extent to which normal learners identified as cognitively rigid could use alternate strategies when instructed to do so.
(7) In some patients stimulation can reduce rigidity and coactivation of muscles immediately or slowly over days or months.
(8) Major alleviation of the rigidity and bradykinesia with chronic oral l-dopa therapy was not accompanied by any change in the silent period.
(9) At clinically achievable concentrations, the combination of nafcillin plus gentamicin produced enhanced killing against 13 of 14 strains of enterococci and was synergistic (by very rigid criteria) against 10 of 14 strains.
(10) Low-temperature NMR studies indicate that 5 is more rigid than tamoxifen; interconversion between enantiomeric conformers is slow on the NMR time scale at -75 degrees C.
(11) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
(12) A study was made of twelve cases with uveitis, glaucoma and hyphema (UGH) caused by rigid intraocular posterior chamber implants.
(13) Eight alpha-helices behave as relatively rigid bodies and corner regions are more flexible, showing larger fluctuations.
(14) This modification allows for precision of movement, ease of repositioning, and adaptation of rigid skeletal stabilization of mobilized osseous segments in the chin.
(15) The pedicle screw systems were always the most rigid.
(16) Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and subunit isozyme patterns in cornea were monitored in 36 albino rabbits wearing thick, rigid, gas-permeable contact lenses for periods of 24 h, 2 and 7 days, and 1 and 3 months.
(17) The prevalence of sleep apnea, apnea index, duration of the longest episode of apnea, and penile rigidity were tabulated.
(18) During the last 21 months, 12 additional children have been managed with a more stringent protocol combining neck immobilization in a rigid cervical brace for 3 months and restriction of both contact and noncontact sports, together with a major emphasis on patient compliance.
(19) In the second placebo controlled experiment 150 mg im testosterone enanthate administration was associated with enhanced rigidity of NPT but with no effect on frequency or circumference change of NPT and no effect on frequency of REM.
(20) The whole isolator system included two rigid supply isolators, too.
Shelf
Definition:
(v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
(v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
(v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
(v. i.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since he was created, he has appeared at several robotic fairs across China, but spends most of his time in deep meditation on an office shelf in Longquan.
(2) Matches on the NDCD tape could be found for 80% of the items in the shelf stock sample and 69.5% of the items in the tape supplied by the wholesaler.
(3) The development of the hydrogelic occlusive device called the P-block is described including developmental steps of the design of the device as well as the experience gained concerning the hydrogel of the device, shelf life, animal and human toxicology, insertion techniques, analgesia, check-up for retention in situ, actual efficacy of the method, mode of action of the device, complication rates, patient acceptance, continuation rates, possible reversibility and future perspectives of the method.
(4) Formulation often has a dramatic effect on degradation of proteins during the freeze-drying process as well as impacting on the "shelf-life" stability of the freeze-dried product.
(5) The determination of potency or shelf life, impurity limit testing, and study of reaction mechanisms are considered as different aspects of drug stability.
(6) Patterns of HA distribution in anterior, posterior and presumptive soft palate were examined in the secondary palatal shelves of CD-1 mouse fetuses that were 30, 24 and 18 h prior to, and at the time of, shelf reorientation.
(7) Another pint of Guinness That evening we set out again, this time to O'Donoghue's in Fanore, a blue-painted stone pub set on the thin shelf of land between the sea and the great limestone mountain that is called the Burren.
(8) The absence of membrane proteins and chemical stability of SFH and phospholipids promises long shelf-life.
(9) So, they start to create these almost fictitious things they can sell, whether it’s a prime shelf [at the height a shopper is most likely to see] or a gondola end [the promotional buckets often found at the top of the aisle].
(10) Midline epithelial cells cease DNA synthesis 24-36 h before shelf elevation and contact, become active in the synthesis of cell surface glycoproteins, and subsequently manifest morphological signs of necrosis.
(11) It has been suggested that head posture changes, tongue movements and jaw opening reflexes are required to enable palatal shelf elevation to occur in normal cranio-facial development.
(12) Allografts are often freeze dried to increase shelf storage time and sterilized with ethylene oxide.
(13) The shelf procedure provides a buttress of bone for later reconstructive surgery such as cup or total hip arthroplasty.
(14) When tested in another task (recovering food pellets from a horizontal shelf accessible through a narrow slit below the ceiling of the test box) same rats displayed identical (45%) and opposite (15%) preference or were ambidextrous (40%).
(15) In one case this was a dense shelf-like mass of echoes extending downward from the basal portion of the interventricular septum toward the mid-portion of the anterior mitral leaflet with corresponding systolic anterior motion of the mitral leaflet.
(16) Eight brands of composite resin, including paste-paste, powder-liquid and light-activated systems, as well as three glass ionomer cements were evaluated over a period of twelve months with respect to shelf-life and suitability for use in a tropical environment.
(17) They know that you're just going to buy everything from Amazon now, so they've all cut their losses and stacked every shelf with a trillion different 50 Shades Of Grey knock-offs called things like Disciplined With Buttplugs and 20 Carat Strumpet.
(18) The shelf life of the solid phase presensitized with monoclonal antibodies was 4 mth at -15 degrees C. DEN prototype viruses were still identified after storage at -15 degrees C for 1 yr or at room temperature for 1 mth.
(19) There are now standard off-the-shelf products that provide the kind of digital production tools that simply didn't exist five years ago.
(20) It is concluded that the shelf life of iced whole cod can be predicted using this model but not that of vacuum-packed fillets because of the greater variability of bacterial activity in packaged fish.