rigid body

English

Noun

rigid body (plural rigid bodies)

1. (physics) An idealized solid whose size and shape are fixed and remain unaltered when forces are applied; used in Newtonian mechanics to model real objects.

Derived terms

• rigid body dynamics

Translations

solid

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 剛體 / 刚体 (gong¹ tai²)

  Mandarin: 剛體 / 刚体 (zh) (gāngtǐ)

• Dutch: star lichaam n
• Finnish: jäykkä kappale
• French: corps rigide m, solide indéformable m, solide rigide m
• German: starre Körper m
• Greek: στερεό σώμα n (stereó sóma)
• Hindi: दृढ़ पिंड m (dŕṛh piṇḍ)
• Italian: corpo rigido m
• Polish: bryła sztywna (pl) f
• Spanish: cuerpo rígido m