Rigidity
//ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti// noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape. countable, uncountable
"moral rigidity"
- 2 the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe wordnet
- 3 The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. countable, uncountable
"structural rigidity"
- 4 the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending wordnet
- 5 Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. countable, uncountable
"speak with excessive rigidity"
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- 6 stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"This year, investigators in New York and Australia began a clinical trial involving a therapy to treat patients with Parkinson's disease, a neuro-degenerative illness that causes severe tremors, muscle rigidity and poor coordination."
Etymology
From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
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