However implausible this is, it is certainly the case that Aristotle's rigid separation of action from production, and his justification of the subservience of slaves and others to the virtue – or arete – of a few justified the ideal of aristocracy.

Within that rigid framework, Nazarbayev gained substantial popularity by limiting the economic shock of separation from the security of the Soviet Union and by maintaining ethnic harmony in the highly diverse country with more than 100 different nationalities.

Typical concrete mixes have high resistance to compressive stresses ( about ); however, any appreciable tension ( e. g., due to bending ) will break the microscopic rigid lattice, resulting in cracking and separation of the concrete.

He often seems to have come across as arrogant and dismissive of people who did not share his views on outmoded forms of military thinking and organisation-such as the rigid and traditional separation in the British Army between infantry and armoured regiments.

* rigid separation of the sexes

Power is divided among the executive, the legislative and judicial branches ; the Constitution establishes the balancing and interaction of these branches, rather than their rigid separation.

In Perfecting Friendship: Politics and Affiliation in Early American Literature, Ivy Schweitzer discusses the “ affective failures ” of Eliza Wharton ’ s female friends and argues that while Eliza can be understood as “ the champion of an inclusive, even feminist ‘ civic republicanism ,’” her friends belong to “ the female ‘ chorus ’ presages the more rigid separation of the sexes and women ’ s exile from the social to the domestic sphere ushered in by liberalism .” Claire C. Pettengill reads female friendship within The Coquette in terms of sisterhood, which she argues “ a kind of support network that helped a woman establish her identity in opposition to both social and parental authority in an era where both were increasingly challenged .” At the same time, Pettengill insists that the “ emotional-disciplinary circuit that reinforces sisterhood is not operating at full ( theoretical ) capacity .” That is, even though Eliza discusses her life with her friends, they do not fully reciprocate ; instead, they respond primarily by criticizing her actions and warning her against further wrongdoing.

In general relativity, the geodesic deviation equation is an equation involving the Riemann curvature tensor, which measures the change in separation of neighbouring geodesics or, equivalently, the tidal force experienced by a rigid body moving along a geodesic.

Each prisoner placed a hand on the shoulder of the man in front of him to maintain a rigid separation.

A fairly rigid Software architecture is nearly always implied by the UIMS, and most often only one paradigm of separation is supported in a single UIMS.

The small implementation size is achieved in part through a fairly rigid separation of the instruction sequencing side ( program counter, call-return stack, implied stack pointer, and interrupt enable bit ) from the execution side ( ALU, register file, scratchpad RAM, Z / C status bits ).

As a Humanist, Dr. Huxley interests himself in the possibilities of human development, and one thing we can say about this suggestion, which comes from a leading zoologist, is that, so far as he is concerned, the scientific outlook places no rigid limitation upon the idea of future human evolution.

Individuals in this state make little or no eye contact with others and may be mute and rigid.

Reliance on old maxims and rigid adherence to precedent, no matter how old or ill-considered, was under full attack by the late 19th century.

The view that there was no rigid structure is reinforced by S. T. Joshi, who stated " Lovecraft's imaginary cosmogony was never a static system but rather a sort of aesthetic construct that remained ever adaptable to its creator's developing personality and altering interests ... here was never a rigid system that might be posthumously appropriated ... he essence of the mythos lies not in a pantheon of imaginary deities nor in a cobwebby collection of forgotten tomes, but rather in a certain convincing cosmic attitude.

Specific weaknesses in the text include: it does not stipulate guidelines for the ' non-detriment ' finding required of national Scientific Authorities ; non-detriment findings require copious amounts of information ; the ' household effects ' clause is often not rigid enough / specific enough to prevent CITES violations by means of this Article ( VII ); non-reporting from Parties means Secretariat monitoring is incomplete ; and it has no capacity to address domestic trade in listed species.

Currently, it is a rigid document and no subsequent amendment has been made to it since its adoption.

Some have almost no structure or rules, while others have rigid rules of protocol, etiquette, and rank.

* ` Class 2-Medium Rigid Vehicle ' - Any rigid vehicle with GLW less than 18, 001 kg ( with Light Trailer up to 3500 kg or less ), any combination vehicle with GCW less than 12, 001 kg, any rigid vehicle of any weight with no more than 2 axles, or any Class 1 vehicle.

One way to increase the temperature, and thus the specific impulse, is to isolate the fuel elements so they no longer have to be rigid.

Her Majesty is beginning to acquire more experience of life, and no longer judges others by the same rigid standards as before ; but meanwhile her Court has gained a reputation for extreme dullness ".

Emperor Hongwu ( ruled in 1368 – 98 ) attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities in a rigid, immobile system that would have no need to engage with the commercial life and trade of urban centers.

A paraglider is a lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

Lewis, thinks there is no rigid distinction between stories for children and for adults.

Lustre varies over a wide continuum, and so there are no rigid boundaries between the different terms.

Currently, it is a rigid document and no subsequent amendment has been made to it since its adoption.

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

In general, the infrastructure of the people smuggling business is nontraditional, with no clearly identifiable organization and no rigid structure.

40 ) in which Livy describes the character of Cato, there is no word of blame for the rigid discipline of his household.

With the club's financial position relatively healthy and with few, if any, replacements available under their Basque signing policy, Athletic took a rigid stance on the matter, whereby no offers would be accepted by them and any players wishing to leave would have to meet their inflated contract buyout clause.

* Rigid: A frame with a rigid fork and fixed rear, no suspension.

There is no rigid mathematical definition of what constitutes an outlier ; determining whether or not an observation is an outlier is ultimately a subjective exercise.

The most common type of bus is the single-decker rigid bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses ; coaches are used for longer distance services.

As the condition progresses, these may no longer provide the patient with a satisfactory degree of visual acuity, and most clinical practitioners will move to manage the condition with rigid contact lenses, known as rigid, gas-permeable, ( RGP ) lenses.

On boats longer than, the floor often consists of three to five rigid plywood or aluminium sheets fixed between the tubes but not joined rigidly together.

On boats longer than, the floor often consists of three to five rigid plywood or aluminium sheets fixed between the tubes but not joined rigidly together.

The successful completion of Palladio's experiment in reconstructing the ancient model meant that there was no longer any need to pursue the objective of recovering the Roman past ; it was now possible to start making innovations, starting with eliminating the rigid and unchangeable scaenae frons and the unchanging perspective views.

Most types of K ’ Nex rods are only very slightly flexible, but there are extra rigid and very flexible versions of some of the longer rods.

The bikes bear a passing resemblance to those used for speedway, but have a longer wheelbase and a more rigid frame.

Spikelets 3 – 4 mm long, densely arranged on branches, ovoid, awnless, but move often long-awned, pale green to dull purple, short-bristly along veins ; racemes spreading, ascending or appressed, the lower somewhat distant, as much as 10 cm long, sometimes branched ; glumes and lower lemma minutely hairy on surface with longer more rigid hairs on veins ; first glume about two-fifths as long as spikelet, deltoid, the second as long as the spikelet, short-awned ; sterile lemma membranous, with a straight scabrous awn, 2 – 4 cm long or awnless ; fertile lemma ovate-elliptic, acute, pale yellow, lustrous, smooth, 3-3. 5 mm long.

The rigid arm scroll saw was popular until the 1970s but is no longer made.

Collapsible guard rails are safer than rigid ones, since a longer collision duration will result in a smaller average impact force.

This method is no longer the most popular, as rigid insulation sheets give better insulation ( with battens bridging the insulation ) and take less time to fit.