inextensibleadj.
/ɪnɛkˈstɛnsɪb(ə)l/ Not extensible; incapable of extension; that cannot be stretched or drawn out in length.
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inextensible1840
1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. 307 A heavy body..attached to a flexible and inextensible string.
1853 J. H. Jellett (title) On the Properties of Inextensible Surfaces.
1881 Athenæum 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).
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