Rigidity

Word RIGIDITY
Character 8
Hyphenation ri gid i ty
Pronunciations /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/

Definitions and meanings of "Rigidity"

What do we mean by rigidity?

The quality or state of being rigid. noun

An instance of being rigid. noun

The quality of being rigid; stiffness; inflexibility; absence of pliancy; specifically, in mech., resistance to change of form. noun

Strictness; severity; harshness: as, rigidity of principles or of censure. noun

Synonyms Inflexibility. See austere, rigor. noun

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. noun

Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. noun

Severity; rigor. noun

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. noun

Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. noun

In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay. noun

The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending noun

The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe noun

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

Stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

1. the quality of being socially awkward/uncomfortable. 2. highly inconvenient/frustrating antonym - loose Urban Dictionary

1) A word to describe a really hard boner usually in an inappropriate place. 2)A word to describe something awesome. Urban Dictionary

1) A word to describe a really hard boner usually in an inappropriate place. 2)A word to describe something awesome. Urban Dictionary

No to happy but a little sad Urban Dictionary

A word to describe something that is awesome or cool. Urban Dictionary

To be boring, annoying To be acting childish ect Boring legit childish Urban Dictionary

slang used to describe something that is "sweet", "wicked", "righteous", "awesome", and or "cool". could be abbrivated to: rig r-eye-ge Urban Dictionary

A motorcycle with no rear suspension. A frame for such a motorcycle. see chopper Urban Dictionary

When they tryin to step up in a brothas game, you feel me? Urban Dictionary

When something is really amazing, awesome, or cool. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rigidity

The word "rigidity" in example sentences

Unions leaders denounced what they described as rigidity from their negotiating counterparts; government and management urged the unions to take into consideration the gravity of the situation of a company that had been losing some 2 million euros ($3 million) a day. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But with such a supple, sensitive and compassionate mind, rigidity is something you need never worry about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, in the U.S. today, I think that a case can be made that wage rigidity is a major factor in the current business cycle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That unique combination of flashiness and rigidity is at the artificial heart of one larger-than-life movie that explodes right off the screen this weekend in theaters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There is a certain rigidity and politicization about the issue of child support, custody, and visitation that ignores the plight of fathers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Even now a certain German rigidity in Heisenberg can make Weisskopf bristle (he is himself Austrian), but he grants the main thing ” whatever ordinary human failings of which Heisenberg may have been guilty, he ran a bomb program for the Germans which could hardly have been better designed by the Allies themselves. ❋ Ambrose, Lee (1991)

But we still confuse strength with rigidity, which is of questionable prudence as the percentage of Americans who say they are Christians decreases. ❋ Carolyn Bucior (2011)

Maserati also claims best-in-class structural rigidity, which is an issue in all coupe/convertible transformations and even more so in a car this big. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Legalism has everywhere produced a rigidity (not an absolute rigidity, which is impossible, but a maximal one) that makes historical investigations essential. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What we evaluate is whether the body is cold or warm, whether they develop what is called rigidity or stiffness of that (ph), whether there is special discoloration after death, which you call it post-mortem lividity, and whether it ` s consistent to the position of the body. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hence, before moving on to refinements in characterizing the notion of rigidity, I rehearse here a famous application made by Saul Kripke, who coined the word ˜rigid designator™. ❋ LaPorte, Joseph (2006)

Both Kripke (1980) and Putnam (1975) famously extend the notion of rigidity to terms for natural kinds. ❋ LaPorte, Joseph (2006)

Philosophical work performed by rigidity is discussed in §3 below, after a more thorough characterization of the notion of rigidity is provided. ❋ LaPorte, Joseph (2006)

And since in this case the interposition of the condenser prevents any continuous flow of current through the line, no perceptible weakening will be felt if a shunt S, of as high a resistance as 500 ohms and of great electromagnetic rigidity, that is to say, having a high coefficient of self-induction, be placed across the circuit from line to earth. ❋ Various (N/A)

Georgiana, whom I had seen at Miss Havisham's on the same occasion, also turned up. she was a cousin - an indigestive single woman, who called her rigidity religion, and her liver love. ❋ Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (1861)

She was a cousin -- an indigestive single woman, who called her rigidity religion, and her liver love. ❋ Unknown (1860)

[Dude], rigid. ❋ Willsaknob3 (2010)

Guy 1: You see that hot girl [fiona] getting off with that guy tom. Guy 2: Yeahhh, I bet he's 100% [rigid]. Girl: This party is [sik]! Guy: Yeah - its rigid Girl: Rigidity ❋ Nervous R. (2011)

Guy 1: You see that hot girl [fiona] getting off with that guy tom. Guy 2: Yeahhh, I bet he's 100% [rigid]. Girl: This party is [sik]! Guy: Yeah - its rigid Girl: Rigidity ❋ Nervous R. (2011)

friend- [how are you] doing since the [breakup]? you- [kinda] rigid ❋ Mmmwowzaasss (2008)

[Dude]... That [skateboarder] is so [rigid]. ❋ IpN (2014)

[Amanda] why you so [rigid] [Jack] you so rigid Stop being rigid ❋ Savage.queen (2017)

"[man] that was rigid!" "that is so [rig]!" ❋ Mai13 (2005)

He had to be hardcore to ride that rigid [all the way] [from New York] to [LA]. ❋ Pufnblu4u (2005)

[damn] why [yall] SO [RIGID] ❋ Neu (2004)

That [concert] last night was [rigid], [bro]! ❋ GG Greg (2016)

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