rigid boundary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrigidandboundary
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rigid
adjective
uk/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofrigidandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The key issue was the loosening of therigidboundarybetween architectural researchers and practitioners.
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The error committed by imposing the upperrigidboundaryis small in connexion with the shorter lee-waves.
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We shall assume that some resistance to the flow occurs near the lowerrigidboundaryand a t the upper surface, if it is compliant.
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For ai < 0, therefore, wave velocities are greater than the velocitiesof the respective neutral waves for arigidboundary.
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The wave-numbers obtained are for waves in the upper layer when the interface is replaced by arigidboundary.
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Now, in steady flows a streamline cannot cross arigidboundaryor a free surface, and therefore such surfaces must be streamlines and so fibre trajectories.
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The first comprises waves resembling the unstable waves which can arise in the presence of arigidboundary, but now being modified by the effects of flexibility.
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We expect that the modification of the mean flow will be significantly different for waves which break towards therigidboundaryand for those that break seaward.
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We therefore have an absolutelyrigidboundaryat the age of 50.
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A city should be defined and limited by arigidboundary, beyond which there is an open landscape, with areas accessible to the people for their recreation.
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From a purely economic point of view, it is often a total nonsense to draw arigidboundaryjust where the previous boundary of our colonial empire happened to run.
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Subsection (14) draws arigidboundarybetween these two categories of parking, depending on whether the motorist stays for more than or up to four hours.
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The boundary conditions at the rigid boundaries are, in terms of 7, f(0) = 0, f(1) = 0.
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For rigid boundaries and a finite we must consider oscillatory instability.
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The proof for the case of a continuously stratified fluid between rigid boundaries is straightforward.
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Do we imagine that these texts reflect a religion continually concerned with protecting its rather rigid boundaries?
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