a term is said to be a non-rigid designator (or flaccid designator) or connotative term if it does not extensionally designate (denote, refer to) the...

philosophy of language, a term is said to be a rigid designator or absolute substantial term when it designates (picks out, denotes, refers to) the same thing...

In rotordynamics, the rigid rotor is a mechanical model of rotating systems. An arbitrary rigid rotor is a 3-dimensional rigid object, such as a top. To...

collapses if essence is withdrawn. Naming and Necessity Rigid designator Non-rigid designator Scientific essentialism Quine, W.V.O., Quintessence: Intensions...

shape of the airship is maintained by gas pressure, as with the non-rigid "blimp". Semi-rigid dirigibles were built in significant quantity from the late...

concepts of "having pain" (a rigid designator true of the same things in all possible worlds) and just "pain" (a non-rigid designator). Pain, for Lewis, stands...

A rigid inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity...

derived directly, assuming what he called rigid designation. A term is a rigid designator when it designates the same object in every possible world in...

only those for which one or many rigid designators stands for the referent. A designator is rigid when it designates the same thing in every possible...

below the envelope. The main types of airship are non-rigid, semi-rigid and rigid airships. Non-rigid airships, often called "blimps", rely solely on internal...

a four character designator. The K-class blimps were designated ZNP-K where the "Z" signified lighter-than-air; "N" denoted non-rigid; "P" denoted a patrol...

distinction Particular affirmative/negative Rigid designator Honderich, Ted (2005). "particulars and non-particulars". The Oxford Companion to Philosophy...

to the question of what, in special relativity, corresponds to the rigid body of non-relativistic classical mechanics. The concept was introduced by Max...

The G-Class Blimps were a series of non-rigid airships (blimps) used by the United States Navy. In 1935, instead of developing a new design airship, the...

defined because of their rigid and planar shape. The spatial interactions between the two bases can be classified in 6 rigid-body parameters or intra-base...

armour-piercing incendiary and HEIAP rounds. Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid (APCNR) in British nomenclature, alternatively called "flange projectile"...

The N-Class, or as popularly known, the "Nan ship", was a line of non-rigid airships built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio for the US...

concept of rigid designators, he states that if dualism is logically possible, then it is the case. Let 'Descartes' be a name, or rigid designator, of a certain...

Modality Actualism Necessity Possibility Possible world Realism Rigid designator...

until the 1970s, rigid bronchoscopes were used exclusively. Chevalier Jackson refined the rigid bronchoscope in the 1920s, using this rigid tube to visually...

coaxial cable. Rigid line is a coaxial line formed by two copper tubes maintained concentric every other metre using PTFE-supports. Rigid lines cannot be...

a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn] ) who pioneered rigid airship development...

A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies is a treatise and textbook on analytical dynamics by British mathematician Sir Edmund...

modal logic proof of the necessity of identity; (5) the concept of a rigid designator, though Kripke coined that term; and (6) a posteriori identity. Smith...

Armour-piercing composite rigid (APCR), also known as High-Velocity Armour-Piercing (HVAP) Armour-piercing composite non-rigid (APCNR), also known as Armour-Piercing...

for visualizing the torque-free motion of a rotating rigid body, that is, the motion of a rigid body on which no external forces are acting. This motion...

Billet Designator - Fixed-Wing Pilot (FMOS) - LtCol–2ndLt 7504 Billet Designator - Naval Flight Officer (FMOS) - LtCol–2ndLt 7505 Billet Designator - Helicopter...

^{k}.} A real unitary matrix is an orthogonal matrix, which describes a rigid transformation (an isometry of Euclidean space R k {\displaystyle \mathbb...

Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to theoretical concepts for launch into space where much of the speed and altitude needed to achieve orbit is provided by...

see the list of states of matter. Statics The study of forces in a non-moving, rigid body. Statistics is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization...