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单词 conformable
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Definition of conformable in English:

conformable

adjective kənˈfɔːməb(ə)lkənˈfɔrməbəl
usually conformable to
  • 1(of a person) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable.

    (人)顺从的,愿意(或习惯于)遵守社会习俗的

    personalities conformable to the ambient level of cultural evolution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was directed to allow him to remain within the limits of their grant only while he was conformable to the government.
    • A conformable sensor makes it possible to measure pressure and touch in places not previously possible, such as on the curved surfaces of the human body.
    • I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable…
    • Cork or other conformable coverings make the handle more comfortable and easier to grip.
    • This polyurethane backing is soft and smooth to the touch, highly elastic, and highly conformable.
    • The insert is latex-free and consists of a narrow silicone tube that is completely encapsulated by a soft, conformable, fluid-filled sleeve.
    • A mind arising from a genetic human nature might not prove conformable.
    • Though at first he was conformable to the established church, he afterwards imbibed the principles of the puritans, and became a sufferer in the common cause.
    • Amongst the rest there was a woman in Salem, one Oliver his wife, who had suffered somewhat in England for refusing to bow at the name of Jesus, though otherwise she was conformable to all their orders.
    • Highly conformable to the patient's body these dressings adhere well to high-friction areas, such as the sacrum and heels.
    Synonyms
    willing, assenting, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, cooperative, accommodating, obliging, biddable, compliant, pliant, deferential, docile, obedient, tractable
    1. 1.1 Similar in form or nature; consistent.
      相似的;一致的
      the human adoption of practices which are conformable to biological constraints

      人类所采纳的与生物学上的抑制颇有相似之处的社会习俗。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • His point can be illustrated by noting that transferable housing vouchers could be market conformable while rent control clearly would not.
      • The otherness of early modern religious agents and culture is translated into (for us) more acceptable modern forms conformable to our own cultural assumptions.
      • And that if a State such as Australia, which is conformable to international law, intends to enact laws that deal with this and reverse this deep principle it will do so expressly, and it has not done so expressly in section 5.
      • The principal form that error takes, for Descartes, is in the judgment that the ideas that are in me ‘are similar or conformable to the things which are outside me’.
      • The distinction between conformable and non-conformable measures, if treated as a constitutional requirement for economic policy, might well serve as a kind of constitutional filter.
      • Your Honours' task is to construe the statute in the light of the explanation given in the explanatory memorandum if it is conformable with the words.
      • It cannot ‘be buried, because Distributism is a system conformable to the needs of man and his nature.’
      • One of the criteria for the selection of undertakers and tenants was that they be conformable in religion.
      • A conformable policy measure is one that is consistent with those principles, while a non-conformable policy measure is one that clashes with them.
      • I consider that, at least at this time, it would be conformable with this well-established practice of the courts to provide protection to the identity of the undercover operatives who are referred to in this Court's documentation.
      • The dogmatic tenets of Christian orthodoxy were not conformable to reason, nor was it possible to validate them through merely historical considerations that were in any case intrinsically problematic.
      • For, granting the existence of a higher standard, the first question that we must ask about a cultural tradition is, ‘Is it conformable to our standard?’
    2. 1.2Geology (of strata in contact) deposited in a continuous sequence, and having the same direction of stratification.
      〔地质〕(相连地层)(尤指同成层方向)整合的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After this, a process of denudation forms a thick sequence of overlying conformable clastic deposits, which contain large amounts of heavy minerals in low concentrations.
      • Seismic data used in this study indicate that the Lower Flora Sandstone is conformable with the underlying strata.
      • A Lower Pennsylvanian silicified ostracode fauna occurs just above the conformable Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary within the Barnett Formation in Texas.
      • The upper contact with the light grey to white, thin to thick-bedded, partly cross-stratified quartz sandstone of the Mount Wilson Formation is conformable but erosional surfaces between the two formations are locally developed.
      • Deposited sediments are conformable on top of those of the South Bashkirian Basin.

Derivatives

  • conformability

  • noun kənfɔːməˈbɪlətikənˌfɔrməˈbɪlədi
    • Many exhibit a resiliency that can impact their conformability in anatomically challenging areas.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But it's arguable that science also requires faith, faith in the future progress of knowledge, and in the ultimate openness and conformability of the universe to the human intellect.
      • ‘This imparts bidirectional tearing properties and increases the tape's conformability,’ he says.
      • In the absence of market conformability, it seems plausible to think that legislation will increase the variability in the residue-deviation gaps that are present within a society.
      • Glass-fiber flashing proved to not be equal in conformability, durability and puncture resistance.
  • conformably

  • adverb kənˈfɔːməblikənˈfɔrməbli
    • One, who in our climate, should expect better weather in any week of June than in one of December, would reason justly, and conformably to experience; but it is certain, that he may happen, in the event, to find himself mistaken.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So by neither route, in our contention, could the conclusion be reached, conformably with the statute, that it is a carriage service provider.
      • That is, there might well be a distinction between the way the common law defence develops, conformably with the Constitution, and the strict limitations on the necessary implication from the Constitution.
      • The ‘platy limestone’ unit overlies, apparently conformably, a cliff-forming unit of interbedded limestone and chert with occasional flat-pebble conglomerates.
      • These beds are overlain conformably by the Los Molles Formation.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'compliant (to) or tractable'): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare 'to form, fashion' (see conform).

Definition of conformable in US English:

conformable

adjectivekənˈfôrməbəlkənˈfɔrməbəl
usually conformable to
  • 1(of a person) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable or expected.

    (人)顺从的,愿意(或习惯于)遵守社会习俗的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cork or other conformable coverings make the handle more comfortable and easier to grip.
    • Amongst the rest there was a woman in Salem, one Oliver his wife, who had suffered somewhat in England for refusing to bow at the name of Jesus, though otherwise she was conformable to all their orders.
    • Though at first he was conformable to the established church, he afterwards imbibed the principles of the puritans, and became a sufferer in the common cause.
    • I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable…
    • The insert is latex-free and consists of a narrow silicone tube that is completely encapsulated by a soft, conformable, fluid-filled sleeve.
    • Highly conformable to the patient's body these dressings adhere well to high-friction areas, such as the sacrum and heels.
    • This polyurethane backing is soft and smooth to the touch, highly elastic, and highly conformable.
    • A mind arising from a genetic human nature might not prove conformable.
    • He was directed to allow him to remain within the limits of their grant only while he was conformable to the government.
    • A conformable sensor makes it possible to measure pressure and touch in places not previously possible, such as on the curved surfaces of the human body.
    Synonyms
    willing, assenting, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, cooperative, accommodating, obliging, biddable, compliant, pliant, deferential, docile, obedient, tractable
    1. 1.1 Similar in form or nature; consistent.
      相似的;一致的
      this proposition might be conformable to the original conjecture
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And that if a State such as Australia, which is conformable to international law, intends to enact laws that deal with this and reverse this deep principle it will do so expressly, and it has not done so expressly in section 5.
      • I consider that, at least at this time, it would be conformable with this well-established practice of the courts to provide protection to the identity of the undercover operatives who are referred to in this Court's documentation.
      • It cannot ‘be buried, because Distributism is a system conformable to the needs of man and his nature.’
      • For, granting the existence of a higher standard, the first question that we must ask about a cultural tradition is, ‘Is it conformable to our standard?’
      • One of the criteria for the selection of undertakers and tenants was that they be conformable in religion.
      • The principal form that error takes, for Descartes, is in the judgment that the ideas that are in me ‘are similar or conformable to the things which are outside me’.
      • The distinction between conformable and non-conformable measures, if treated as a constitutional requirement for economic policy, might well serve as a kind of constitutional filter.
      • The otherness of early modern religious agents and culture is translated into (for us) more acceptable modern forms conformable to our own cultural assumptions.
      • A conformable policy measure is one that is consistent with those principles, while a non-conformable policy measure is one that clashes with them.
      • Your Honours' task is to construe the statute in the light of the explanation given in the explanatory memorandum if it is conformable with the words.
      • The dogmatic tenets of Christian orthodoxy were not conformable to reason, nor was it possible to validate them through merely historical considerations that were in any case intrinsically problematic.
      • His point can be illustrated by noting that transferable housing vouchers could be market conformable while rent control clearly would not.
    2. 1.2Geology (of strata in contact) deposited in a continuous sequence, and having the same direction of stratification.
      〔地质〕(相连地层)(尤指同成层方向)整合的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The upper contact with the light grey to white, thin to thick-bedded, partly cross-stratified quartz sandstone of the Mount Wilson Formation is conformable but erosional surfaces between the two formations are locally developed.
      • A Lower Pennsylvanian silicified ostracode fauna occurs just above the conformable Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary within the Barnett Formation in Texas.
      • Deposited sediments are conformable on top of those of the South Bashkirian Basin.
      • After this, a process of denudation forms a thick sequence of overlying conformable clastic deposits, which contain large amounts of heavy minerals in low concentrations.
      • Seismic data used in this study indicate that the Lower Flora Sandstone is conformable with the underlying strata.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘compliant (to) or tractable’): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare ‘to form, fashion’ (see conform).

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