"stiffness" meaning in English

See stiffness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /stɪfnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stiffness.wav [UK] Forms: stiffness [singular], – [plural]
Etymology: stiff + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|stiff|ness}} stiff + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The stiffness of something is defined as how stiff it is.
    Sense id: simple-stiffness-en-noun-iJpRTBIE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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