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rigid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | inflexible, unbending |
| Derivation | rigidness |
a rigid disciplinarian.
rigid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | strict |
| Derivation | rigidity, rigidness |
rigid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | stiff |
| Derivation | rigidness, rigidity |
a rigid strip of metal.
a table made of rigid plastic.
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Examples of rigid
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We haven't looked at an alternative solution to the rigid bureaucracies we have.
From the forbes.com
Again, Japan's rigid system of education has produced quite a lot of innovation.
From the forbes.com
Atoms in solids are bound in a regular lattice, which normally keeps them rigid.
From the newscientist.com
Even though the actual show hasn't started, X-Factor has bored us rigid already.
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He is portrayed here as a rigid, arrogant man obsessed with outward appearances.
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The latest moves are just starting to upend Best Buy's rigid, top-down planning.
From the businessweek.com
When we interviewed Susanna, we were struck by her lack of rigid culinary rules.
From the denverpost.com
The postures are a touch rigid, not totally natural, as if paralyzed by thought.
From the fresnobee.com
I would call it slow and rigid, lacking any pace, creativity, width, or potency.
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- Incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
- Incapable of compromise or flexibility
- Inflexible: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
- Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
- Fixed: fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"
- (rigidly) in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
- In discrete geometry and mechanics, structural rigidity is a combinatorial theory for predicting the flexibility of ensembles formed by rigid bodies connected by flexible linkages or hinges.
- (Rigidity (electromagnetism)) In accelerator physics, rigidity is a concept used to determine the effect of particular magnetic fields on the motion of the charged particles.
- In mathematics, a rigid collection C of mathematical objects (for instance sets or functions) is one in which every cu00A0u2208u00A0C is uniquely determined by less information about c than one would expect.
