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buckle

[′bək·əl]
(graphic arts)
Curvature in a film that has been stored at an improper humidity.
(metallurgy)
An up-and-down wrinkle on the surface of a metal bar or sheet.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

buckle

1. Distortion of the surfaces of a beam or girder under load; caused by unequal distribution of weight, temperature, or moisture, or the lack of uniform texture.
2. Distortion of the surface of a sheet of material, such as a bulge or wrinkle in asphalt prepared roofing.
3. A brotch.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Mitchell presented the large-displacement analysis of a helically buckled slender beam and predicted that shear force and twisting moment are induced in helically buckled pipe without externally applied torque [16].
From the 13th to the 17th centuries, many of the most decorative buckles were for fastening sword belts and spurs, becoming something of a fashion accessory by the end of this period, while lower down the social scale it was common for people to wear daggers suspended from a belt buckled at the waist.
The ball valve can be reset under pressure and the buckled pin replaced in minutes.
Six of the seven buckled seat belts unlatched and five passengers were ejected, two of whom were killed.
Our problem: Wally will not stay buckled in the back seat of our mini-van.
The problem is that many of these belts are only partly automatic: the motorized shoulder harness moves diagonally across your chest when you close the door and turn on the ignition, but the lap belt has to be buckled manually.
In the incipient stages of the buckling deformation, when the stream is nearly straight, the buckled shape is fitted very well by a sinusoid.
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