rigidity — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   moral rigidity

   The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.

   Más ejemplos (2)

   She disliked the rigidity of the rules.

   For rigidity, two bulkheads are provided which are welded to the sides and underframe and which separate the cabs from the engine room.

2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   structural rigidity

3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   speak with excessive rigidity

4. stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

Sustantivo

1. the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

   Sinónimos

   rigidness

   Términos más generales

   inelasticity

2. the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

   Sinónimos

   inflexibilityrigidness

   Términos más generales

   unadaptability