Rigidity
[rɪ'dʒɪdətɪ] or [rɪ'dʒɪdəti]
Definition
(noun.) the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending.
Typed by Elinor--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
(n.) Severity; rigor.
Edited by Alta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Stiffness, inflexibility, rigidness, want of pliability.[2]. Severity, rigor, harshness, strictness, austerity.[3]. Ungracefulness, want of ease.
Typed by Allan
Examples
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Eternal rigidity had seized upon it in a momentary transition between fervour and resignation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It seemed to be of an unnatural color, and to have a strange rigidity about the features. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I could not refuse her requeSt. Her features bore the fixed rigidity of death when I entered her room. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She could feel his body gradually relaxing a little, losing its terrifying, unnatural rigidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was a cousin,--an indigestive single woman, who called her rigidity religion, and her liver love. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is supposed that greater rigidity is obtained by this means than by the suspension, and, like the suspension, great widths may be spanned without an under supporting frame work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The clamping-in is done at great pressure, and the resultant plate has great rigidity and strength. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her frost fell away, her rigidity unbent; she grew smiling and pliant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The essential point is that isolation makes for rigidity and formal institutionalizing of life, for static and selfish ideals within the group. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I made notes of my patient's pulse and temperature, tested the rigidity of his muscles, and examined his reflexes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Sam