rigid

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Stiff, rather than flexible.
2. Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.
3. Fixed, rather than moving.
4. Rigorous and unbending.
5. Uncompromising.

Noun

1. An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
2. A bicycle with no suspension system.

Conceptes

rígid

escarpat

pendent

abrupte

rost

fix

intransigent

Oposat a

flexible, firm, inelastic, inflexible, rigid, stiff, unbendable, moving, immobile, compromising, transigent

Sinònims

stiff

strict

hard

inflexible

severe

firm

fixed

unbending

strong

tight

rigorous

tense

inelastic

tough

unyielding

solid

harsh

set

stringent

stable

intolerant

uncompromising

austere

stubborn

stiffen

taut

steadfast

steep

abrupt

precise

deadlocked

stern

gawky

cruel

frozen

formal

convulse

brutal

constrained

fastidious

off-hand

fast

constant

awkward

offhand

obstinate

extreme

offhanded

off-handed

obdurate

Traduccions

rigide

starr

rígido

rigido

rígido

stijf

steif

star

stram

raide

stug

rígida

houterig

onbuigzaam

teso

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: rigide

In summary

From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“I am stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.

Frases

Nevertheless , laparoscopes are rigid endoscopes .