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rigidity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inflexibility, rigidness |
| Type of | unadaptability |
| Derivation | rigid, rigidify |
rigidity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rigidness |
| Type of | inelasticity |
| Has types | inflexibility, inflexibleness |
| Derivation | rigid, rigidify |
Examples of rigidity
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The young generation is also showing up the rigidity of the Jewish state's laws.
From the economist.com
Hagen never could procure a ticket for any event, given the rigidity of Beijing.
From the nytimes.com
Rigidity will take you out of the running when others are willing to bend a bit.
From the kansas.com
Its three main symptoms are tremor, muscular rigidity, and slowness of movement.
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The rigidity of the currency board made it difficult to respond to these shocks.
From the economist.com
Industry is greatly overstaffed, reflecting the rigidity of the planned economy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These covalent bonds between peptide chains confer extra toughness and rigidity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The answer, as far as I can see, is a systemic rigidity of crushing proportion.
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However, the additional rigidity means it feels less floppy with the roof down.
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- The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- Inflexibility: the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
- (rigid) 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"
- (rigid) incapable of compromise or flexibility
- (rigid) inflexible: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
- (rigid) designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
- 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.
- 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.
