These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withsurface.rigidadjectiveuk
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/?r?d?.?d/stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...See more atrigidsurfacenounuk
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/?s??-/the outer or top part or layer ...See more atsurface
(Definition ofrigidandsurfacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrigid surface
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.We are interested in returns to arigidsurface.From theCambridge English CorpusThe robotic fingers are assumed to be initially in contact with therigidsurfaceexerting an initial internal force.From theCambridge English CorpusThe forcing is suction or pumping at an upperrigidsurfaceand the response consists of geostrophic flows and inertial-internal waves.From theCambridge English CorpusThe process uses a film of gelatine spread on a flat andrigidsurface.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two rigid surfaces are horizontal and the other two are vertical.From theCambridge English CorpusThese forces must be distinguished from the oscillatory solvation forces that arise between smooth and rigid surfaces that are usually also crystalline and highly structured.From theCambridge English CorpusIt is possible to extend the long-wave mechanism described in this paper t o include flows of two or more layers bounded by rigid surfaces.From theCambridge English CorpusThe black lines are the traces of 1-parameter families of leaves which split into two rigid surfaces when they approach the periodic orbit.From theCambridge English CorpusIts fluidly moving form contrasts with the rigid surfaces of the surrounding urban architecture.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The standard hide glue mixture is rather brittle and susceptible to cracking, thus making it suitable for rigid surfaces only.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Want to learn more?Go to the definition ofrigidGo to the definition ofsurfaceSee other collocations withsurface#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/rigid-surface##
