rigidity

English

Etymology

From rigid +‎ -ity, from Latin rigiditas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/

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Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)

1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
4. (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

Synonyms

• rigidness

Antonyms

• flexibility
• ductility
• malleability
• softness

Derived terms

• Born rigidity
• modulus of rigidity
• rigidity modulus

 

Translations

The quality or state of being rigid

• Asturian: rixidez (ast) f
• Bulgarian: скованост (bg) f (skovanost), неподвижност (bg) f (nepodvižnost)
• Catalan: rigidesa (ca) f, rigiditat f
• Finnish: jäykkyys (fi), kankeus (fi)
• French: rigidité (fr) f, raideur (fr) m
• Galician: rixidez (gl) f
• German: Festigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: merevség (hu)
• Italian: rigidità (it) f
• Latin: rigor m
• Latvian: stingums m
• Malayalam: ദൃഢത (ml) (dr̥ḍhata)
• Portuguese: rigidez (pt) f
• Romanian: rigiditate (ro) f
• Russian: жёсткость (ru) (žóstkostʹ)
• Spanish: rigidez (es) f
• Ukrainian: жо́рсткість f (žórstkistʹ)

Stiffness of appearance or manner

• Bulgarian: принуденост (bg) f (prinudenost), неелегантност f (neelegantnost)
• Finnish: jäykkyys (fi)
• Latvian: stingums m

References

• “rigidity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.