Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Partially or somewhat flexible.

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  • adjective Partially flexible (and partially rigid)

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Examples

  • The U. K.'s semiflexible labor markets and mostly open immigration policy worked inadvertently as a safety valve for the euro, allowing European nations the chance to export some of their youth unemployment and further delay their transitions from social democracy to dynamic liberal market economies.

    One Possible Outcome of Greece Crisis: Only Splitting the Euro Will Save It Dan Lewis 2010

  • Even so, given the speed of the ascending elevator, she had just enough time to squeeze her semiflexible body between the piles of rising brick and the underside of the rigid surface that now formed their overhead.

    Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

  • She explained to him how the trees sang, how the semiflexible hollow trunk and the rippling protrusions inside controlled the flow of air through the reverberating bole to produce an infinite range of sound.

    With Friends Like These Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • She explained to him how the trees sang, how the semiflexible hollow trunk and the rippling protrusions inside controlled the flow of air through the reverberating bole to produce an infinite range of sound.

    With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • She explained to him how the trees sang, how the semiflexible hollow trunk and the rippling protrusions inside controlled the flow of air through the reverberating bole to produce an infinite range of sound.

    With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • The equipment is ideal for manufacturing rigid, semiflexible and flexible interconnect devices as used in all electronic components such as control systems.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox 2010

  • This pose is a great backbend for semiflexible to flexible people, but if your partner has any sacral, disk, or lower back issues, skip this.

    unknown title 2009

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