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Flexible

Flexible

1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. When the splitting wind makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. (Shak)

2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. (Bacon) Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. (Shak)

3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. (Rogers)

Synonym: pliant, pliable, supple, tractable, manageable, ductile, obsequious, inconstant, wavering.

Flexibleness, Flexibly.

Origin: L. Flexibilis: cf. F. Flexible.


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On the number of limbs.

Four-finned ancestors, not too surprisingly, leads to four-limbed descendants. Arthropods have been a bit more flexible, but the general trend seems to have been toward leg loss, as in insects. Plus wings that did not start as legs.

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by Darby
Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:46 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: On the number of limbs.
Replies: 7
Views: 534

Serial Dilution BSA Bradford measurement

I use this serial dilution calculator for the Android phones and tablets. I find that it's quick and flexible. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bestserialdilutioncalculator

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by vanwa71
Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:38 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Serial Dilution BSA Bradford measurement
Replies: 5
Views: 4130

Bacterial Calculation

Check out this serial dilution calculator for the future. Automated and flexible. [link]

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by vanwa71
Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:31 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Bacterial Calculation
Replies: 3
Views: 687

Re: Serial Dilution Concentration Calculation

... I use this Android phone calculator. It's fully automated and flexible.

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by vanwa71
Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:28 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Serial Dilution Concentration Calculation
Replies: 3
Views: 2693

any clues what this is, please?

... one, because it's light and hollow and just not tooth material. An air bladder - had to look this up on Wiki, but I'd imagine it would have soft flexible walls? this thing hasn't collapsed out of the water, so it has some structure to it. My original thought was also an egg, but of what?? weird ...

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by fishwish
Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:36 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: any clues what this is, please?
Replies: 7
Views: 1782
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