rigid body
noun1
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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
noun
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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.
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