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inextensible
[ in-ik-sten-suh-buhl ]
inextensible
/ ˌɪ²Ôɪ°ìˈ²õ³ÙÉ›²Ô²õÉ™²úÉ™±ô /
adjective
- not capable of extension
Derived Forms
- ËŒ¾±²Ô±ð³æËŒ³Ù±ð²Ô²õ¾±Ëˆ²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²â, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ôe³æ·³Ù±ð²Ôî€È´¾±Â·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of inextensible1
Example Sentences
Consider an inextensible osmotic cell containing a solution of sugar, the walls of the cell being impermeable to sugar but permeable to salt.
Consciousness, wherever it exists, is single, indivisible, inextensible; and other consciousnesses, and the whole external universe, are, to the individual percipient, but shapes in a more or less protracted dream.
Antonyms: inextensible, rigid, inelastic. extension, n. enlargement, expansion, protraction; projection.
While ligaments are pliable and flexible, permitting free movement, they are also wonderfully strong and inextensible.
Since the walls of the cell are inextensible, the quantity of water in the cell cannot increase.
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