| 释义 |
inextensible, a.|ɪnɛkˈstɛnsɪb(ə)l|
[in-3; cf. F. inextensible (Buffon).]
Not extensible; incapable of extension; that cannot be stretched or drawn out in length.
1840Lardner Geom. 307 A heavy body..attached to a flexible and inextensible string. 1853J. H. Jellett (title) On the Properties of Inextensible Surfaces. 1881Athenæum 2 July 16/3 He starts with the assumption that the density of the luminiferous ether is constant (in other words that the ether is inextensible and incompressible). |