Meaning of flextension | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of transducer that uses flexible, elastic shells to transmit and amplify displacements.
2. A variable-length extension to a tool or device.
3. The extension of a deadline that allows a flexible final date (originally used to refer to Brexit, but subsequently extended to other contexts).
4. A position in which the lower neck is flexed and upper neck extended.

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“The dominant concept in high strain actuators is the flextension mechanism.”

“When the cover plate height decreases, the motion of cover plate is from rotation-dominated to flextension-dominated.”

“. Using homogeneous flextension piezoceramic plates with uneven thickness polarization, as well as monolithic plates with internal electrodes, llows to increase their dynamic strength.”

“Hinge-lever and flextension-type displacement amplification mechanisms are adopted for the multilayer actuators.”

“The catalog shows use of units as screw-in and “flextension" types, on single socket or cluster torpedo canopy units, with “add-a-pipe" and curved arms and as portable units.”

“Also included in the set are: a ratchet wrench, adaptor and spinner, nut spinner, plastic grip handle, universal joint, three extensions, a flextension, and a 3/4 in. tip short screwdriver.”

“A low frequency underwater acoustic projector for sonar apparatus, comprising: a flextension body member consisting of a flexible ellipsoidal shell having mutually orthogonal central major and minor axes;”

“Some E.U. policymakers have argued for a “flextension” that would set a date for Britain’s E.U. exit far in the future but allow Britain to leave as soon as it comes up with a viable plan.”

“The problem with flextensions is that, just as has occurred with Brexit, they don't address the underlying problem.”

“He has proposed a ‘flextension’ – another new word to add to the Brexit lexicon – in which he proposes a year-long delay with the proviso that the UK can leave the EU as soon as Parliament agrees a deal.”

“On the one hand, it is unwise, by granting ‘flextension’, for the European Council to allow itself to be blamed for trapping the UK inside the Union against the expressed will of the British people to leave it.”

“The lubricated mask is inserted fully deflated, with the patient's head and neck in the sniffing position (lower neck flexed and upper neck extended, flextension).”

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