rigidity
- (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
- (countable, uncountable) The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- (countable, uncountable) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (countable, uncountable) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/
Etymology
From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
inclementness
hardnessl
Parkinson’s syndrome
degree of hardness
stiffiness
hardness solidness
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