rigidity

English

Etymology

rigid +‎ -ity

Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
(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

Translations

The quality or state of being rigid

Asturian: rixidez f
Catalan: rigidesa f, rigiditat f
Finnish: jäykkyys (fi), kankeus (fi)
French: rigidité (fr) f, raideur (fr) m
Galician: rixidez f
Italian: rigidità (it) f

Latvian: stingums m
Portuguese: rigidez (pt) f
Romanian: rigiditate (ro) f
Russian: жёсткость (ru) (žóstkostʹ)
Spanish: rigidez (es) f

Stiffness of appearance or manner

Finnish: jäykkyys (fi)

Latvian: stingums m

References

rigidity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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