rigidity
noun/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/
Etymology From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
1
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
- moral rigidity
- The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.
2 more examples
- She disliked the rigidity of the rules.
- For rigidity, two bulkheads are provided which are welded to the sides and underframe and which separate the cabs from the engine room.1958 September 23, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601:
2
The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- structural rigidity
3
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- speak with excessive rigidity
4
Economics, Sciences 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, nonrigidity, rigidity modulus, semirigidity, superrigidity