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Definition of Inextensible
1. Adjective. Not extensile.
Definition of Inextensible
1. a. Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible fibers.
Definition of Inextensible
1. Adjective. Not capable of being extended. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inextensible
Literary usage of Inextensible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Statics with Applications to Physics by George Minchin Minchin (1896)
"Such a body is called a flexible inextensible string, and it is scarcely ...
And firstly, let us suppose the string to be inextensible and of uniform ..."
2. The Elements of Mechanics by James Renwick (1832)
"When a system of parallel forces acts upon a system of inflexible and inextensible
lines, forced to move around their connecting points, the sum of the ..."
3. The Elements of Mechanics by James Renwick (1832)
"When a system of parallel forces acts upon a system of inflexible and inextensible
lines, forced to move around their connecting points, the sum of the ..."
4. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics by Augustus Jay Du Bois (1894)
"Equilibrium of a Perfectly Flexible inextensible String.—If a perfectly flexible
inextensible string is fixed at two points and acted upon by forces applied ..."
5. A Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus: Containing Differential and Integral by Bartholomew Price (1857)
"The action of forces on flexible and inextensible strings or cords. 131.] Thus far
the bodies or systems of material particles, on which the statical forces ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the curve of a perfectly flexible, inextensible and infinitely fine cord of
infinitesimal weight hanging at rest between two points of suspension. ..."
7. A Treatise on Analytical Statics with Numerous Examples by Isaac Todhunter (1887)
"FLEXIBLE inextensible STRINGS. 182. A STRING is said to be perfectly ... Unless the
contrary be expressed, a string is supposed inextensible and the ..."
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