rigidity
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ɪd adjective
1.
stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
2.
firmly fixed or set.
3.
inflexible, strict, or severe: a rigid disciplinarian; rigid rules of social behavior.
4.
exacting; thorough; rigorous: a rigid examination.
5.
so as to meet precise standards; stringent: lenses ground to rigid specifications.
6.
Mechanics. of, pertaining to, or noting a body in which the distance between any pair of points remains fixed under all forces; having infinite values for its shear modulus, bulk modulus, and Young's modulus.
7.
Aeronautics.
a.
(of an airship or dirigible) having a form maintained by a stiff, unyielding structure contained within the envelope.
b.
pertaining to a helicopter rotor that is held fixedly at its root.
Related forms
ri·gid·i·ty, rig·id·ness, noun
rig·id·ly, adverb
o·ver·rig·id, adjective
o·ver·rig·id·ly, adverb
o·ver·rig·id·ness, noun
o·ver·ri·gid·i·ty, noun
sub·rig·id, adjective
sub·rig·id·ly, adverb
sub·rig·id·ness, noun
sub·ri·gid·i·ty, noun
un·rig·id, adjective
un·rig·id·ly, adverb
un·rig·id·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. unbending, firm, inflexible. 2. immovable, static. 3. austere, stern, unyielding. See strict. 4, 5. demanding.
1. unbending, firm, inflexible. 2. immovable, static. 3. austere, stern, unyielding. See strict. 4, 5. demanding.
Antonyms
1. elastic. 3. lax.
1. elastic. 3. lax.
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World English Dictionary
rigid (ˈrɪdʒɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not bending; physically inflexible or stiff: a rigid piece of plastic |
| 2. | unbending; rigorously strict; severe: rigid rules |
| —adv | |
| 3. | completely or excessively: the lecture bored him rigid |
| [C16: from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiff] | |
| 'rigidly | |
| —adv | |
| ri'gidity | |
| —n | |
| 'rigidness | |
| —n | |
| rigid (ˈrɪdʒɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not bending; physically inflexible or stiff: a rigid piece of plastic |
| 2. | unbending; rigorously strict; severe: rigid rules |
| —adv | |
| 3. | completely or excessively: the lecture bored him rigid |
| [C16: from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiff] | |
| 'rigidly | |
| —adv | |
| ri'gidity | |
| —n | |
| 'rigidness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rigid
1538, from L. rigidus "hard, stiff, rough, severe," from rigere "be stiff," from PIE *reig- "stretch (tight), bind tightly, make fast" (cf. O.Ir. riag "torture," M.H.G. ric "band, string"), related to L. frigus "cold," Gk. rhigos "frost, cold."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
rigidity ri·gid·i·ty (rĭ-jĭd'ĭ-tē)
n.
The quality or state of stiffness or inflexibility. Also called rigor.
An aspect of the personality characterized by resistance to change.
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Example sentences
The risks now are that his reaction to the past clouds his judgment and that his intellectual rigidity again becomes a constraint.
At times there is apparent a rigidity induced by the cinema deep-freeze.
The pair think they've mapped the mathematical underpinnings of its rigidity.
But the showdown exposed the party to the charge of recklessness, highlighted its rigidity on taxes and seemed to reveal a rift.
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