"rigidity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-rigidity.wav [UK] Forms: rigidities [plural]
Etymology: rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rigid|ity}} rigid + -ity, {{der|en|la|rigiditas}} Latin rigiditas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)
  1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The quality or state of being rigid): rixidez [feminine] (Asturian), скованост (skovanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неподвижност (nepodvižnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rigidesa [feminine] (Catalan), rigiditat [feminine] (Catalan), jäykkyys (Finnish), kankeus (Finnish), rigidité [feminine] (French), raideur [masculine] (French), rixidez [feminine] (Galician), Festigkeit [feminine] (German), rigidità [feminine] (Italian), rigor [masculine] (Latin), stingums [masculine] (Latvian), ദൃഢത (dr̥ḍhata) (Malayalam), rigidez [feminine] (Portuguese), rigiditate [feminine] (Romanian), жёсткость (žóstkostʹ) (Russian), rigidez [feminine] (Spanish), жо́рсткість (žórstkistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rigidity-en-noun-anWiHq2l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 17 4 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 59 15 9 18 Disambiguation of 'The quality or state of being rigid': 97 1 1 1
  2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rigidity-en-noun-n1Da~PJz
  3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Stiffness of appearance or manner): принуденост (prinudenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неелегантност (neelegantnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), jäykkyys (Finnish), stingums [masculine] (Latvian)
    Sense id: en-rigidity-en-noun-0BK3ygwz Disambiguation of 'Stiffness of appearance or manner': 3 1 95 1
  4. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-rigidity-en-noun-eyWTF9u1 Topics: economics, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rigidness Derived forms: Born rigidity, modulus of rigidity, rigidity modulus

Inflected forms

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  "word": "rigidity"
}

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