The tools used during the creasing and folding experiments, i.e. the male ruler, female die and load cell were defined as rigid surfaces, which are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. To make the model simple, the folding boundary conditions used during folding was modeled as a rigid body constrained all clamped nodes of the paperboard and a rotation reference point, instead of modeling the clamping procedure.
Outpatient surgery allows a person to return home on the same day that a surgical procedure is performed. Outpatient surgery is also referred to as ambulatory surgery or same-day surgery. Outpatient surgery eliminates inpatient hospital admission, reduces the amount of medication prescribed, and uses a doctor's time more efficiently.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to ambulatory: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration. An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved. An ambulatory disposition is a judgment, decree, or sentence that is subject to change, amendment, or revocation. A will is considered ambulatory because as long as the person who made it lives, it can always be changed or revoked.