Definition of kneeâjerk. : readily predictable : automatic kneeâjerk reactions; also, disapproving : reacting in a readily predictable way The man was such a bleeding-heart knee-jerk liberal that you could predict the rest of the column after reading the first sentence. â Andrew M. Greeley.
And if the name is as old as Women's Liberation, the problem is at least as old, if not older. Horizontal hostility is a form of power-as-domination between and among women. the most appropriate context for discussing it is in terms of relations of power among women. values, attitudes and behaviours and never behave badly towards other women. important to keep in mind the main enemy, i.e. male domination.
Notional horizontal forces. Notional horizontal forces. In the UK steel code, there is a requirement for frames to resist a notional horizontal force, in the absence of greater actual horizontal forces. This notional horizontal force is defined as 0.5% of the factored vertical load.