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- DictionaryRi·gid·i·ty/rəˈjidədē/
noun
- 1. inability to be to bent or be forced out of shape: "the tough substance that gives plants their rigidity"
- 2. inability to be changed or adapted: "the rigidity of the school system"
1. : the quality or state of being rigid. 2. : one that is rigid (as in form or conduct) Synonyms. exactingness. hardness. harshness. inflexibility. rigidness. rigorousness. severity. sternness. strictness. stringency. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of rigidity in a Sentence.
the quality of being stiff, fixed, or impossible to bend: Cables lack the rigidity of wires. The roof has special beams to increase rigidity. Fewer examples. Minerals provide bone with its rigidity. The case is a two-piece aluminum housing shaped for high rigidity. Parkinson's disease causes uncontrollable tremors and muscular rigidity.
the quality of being stiff, fixed, or impossible to bend: Cables lack the rigidity of wires. The roof has special beams to increase rigidity. Fewer examples. Minerals provide bone with its rigidity. The case is a two-piece aluminum housing shaped for high rigidity. Parkinson's disease causes uncontrollable tremors and muscular rigidity.
noun. /rɪˈdʒɪdəti/. /rɪˈdʒɪdəti/. [uncountable, countable] (often disapproving) the fact of being very strict and difficult to change synonym inflexibility (1) the rigidity of the law on this issue. the rigidities and routines of home.
1. a. : deficient in or devoid of flexibility. rigid price controls. a rigid bar of metal. b. : appearing stiff and unyielding. his face rigid with pain. 2. a. : inflexibly set in opinion. b. : strictly observed. adheres to a rigid schedule. 3. : firmly inflexible rather than lax or indulgent. a rigid disciplinarian. 4.
Rigidity means no bending — in that case, of the rules. Objects and substances can have rigidity as well, if they literally won't bend. Rigidity means about the same thing as inflexibility, another word that describes rock-solid, unyielding people and substances.
Noun. 1. rigidity - the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending. rigidness. inelasticity - the lack of elasticity. inflexibility, inflexibleness - a lack of physical flexibility. 2. rigidity - the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe. inflexibility, rigidness.
