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  • The whip is highly detailed and molded from a semi-rigid material, a great choice, given the skinny parts that would be easily breakable if it were cast from polystone like the rest of the piece.

    Collectible Review: Jean Grey as Black Queen Comiquette | Fandomania 2009

  • Plastic of all sorts is thrown into noisily rattling chipping machines that shred it into tiny pieces; the pieces are boiled clean, dried and dyed, then melted and extruded into semi-rigid spaghetti which is finally chopped into tiny plastic beads which can be used as raw material in new plastic moulds.

    April « 2009 « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • However, it has remained a one piece, semi-rigid model throughout.

    Kuriositas: The 10 Coolest Space Suit Designs 2010

  • It is the space suit of choice for EVAs on the ISS in earth orbit and is a two-piece semi-rigid suit.

    Kuriositas: The 10 Coolest Space Suit Designs 2010

  • Plastic of all sorts is thrown into noisily rattling chipping machines that shred it into tiny pieces; the pieces are boiled clean, dried and dyed, then melted and extruded into semi-rigid spaghetti which is finally chopped into tiny plastic beads which can be used as raw material in new plastic moulds.

    Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat 2009

  • The impact of this force traps the water between the starch chains to form a semi-rigid structure.

    What’s the Matter? 2008

  • The Alberto — named after Alberto Santos-Dumont, of course — has a semi-rigid, umbrella-like skeleton, unlike a balloon, which gives it the structural rigidity to handle higher air speeds and tighter maneuvering — and with vectored thrust from the rear-mounted propeller, it is quite maneuverable.

    Hot Airships « Isegoria 2008

  • Designed by industrial designer Susan McKinney, the EOS phone consists of a soft, semi-rigid polymer skin surrounding a flexible low-energy OLED display.

    Kyocera Flexible Cell Phone | Impact Lab 2009

  • It ` s like one of those zipped-up roller carry-on type bags with a rigid front on it -- like, a semi-rigid front, and it ` s unzipped at the bottom.

    CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2009 2009

  • Now I get all my internal calorimetry and fluid dynamics in semi-rigid synthetic polymer tubing measurements done for free, for life.

    Owning Your Bike: All You Haters Hold the Mayo BikeSnobNYC 2008

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