inextensible

[ in-ik-sten-suh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not extensible; incapable of being extended or stretched.

inextensible

/ ˌɪnɪkˈstɛnsəbəl /

adjective

1. not capable of extension

Derived Forms

• ˌinexˌtensiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• inex·tensi·bili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inextensible¹

First recorded in 1830–40; in- ³ + extensible

Example Sentences

Consider an inextensible osmotic cell containing a solution of sugar, the walls of the cell being impermeable to sugar but permeable to salt.

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Consciousness, wherever it exists, is single, indivisible, inextensible; and other consciousnesses, and the whole external universe, are, to the individual percipient, but shapes in a more or less protracted dream.

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Antonyms: inextensible, rigid, inelastic. extension, n. enlargement, expansion, protraction; projection.

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While ligaments are pliable and flexible, permitting free movement, they are also wonderfully strong and inextensible.

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Since the walls of the cell are inextensible, the quantity of water in the cell cannot increase.

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