inextensible

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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.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

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

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

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

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

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

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane