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    rigidity
    /rɪˈdʒɪdɪti/

    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"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRIGIDITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rigidityRigidity - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Rigidity is a quality found in people and objects that don't bend — though they might eventually break. When we see rigidity in a person, it means they're severe, like a teacher who punishes you for being late even though you were busy saving an orphan from a polar bear.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rigidityRigidity Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of RIGIDITY is the quality or state of being rigid. How to use rigidity in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRIGIDITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishrigidity noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of rigidity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › rigidityRigidity - definition of rigidity by The Free Dictionary

    Define rigidity. rigidity synonyms, rigidity pronunciation, rigidity translation, English dictionary definition of rigidity. n. pl. ri·gid·i·ties 1. The quality or state of being rigid. 2. An instance of being rigid. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › rigidityRigidity Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Wiktionary. 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. Wiktionary. Synonyms: inflexibility. rigidness. remorselessness. relentlessness. obdurateness. stubbornness.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRIGID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    RIGID definition: 1. stiff or fixed; not able to be bent or moved: 2. not able to be changed or persuaded: 3. stiff…. Learn more.

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › %C2%A0rigidityRIGID Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    Rigid definition: stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard. See examples of RIGID used in a sentence.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › rigidity_nrigidity, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    What does the noun rigidity mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rigidity. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. rigidity has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. pathology (early 1700s) economics (1890s) psychoanalysis (1920s) See meaning & use.