rigidity — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

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

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

   Exemplos

   moral rigidity

   The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.

   Mais exemplos (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

   • contável
   • incontável

   Exemplos

   structural rigidity

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

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

   Exemplos

   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

   • contável
   • incontável

Substantivo

1. the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

   Sinônimos

   rigidness

   Termos mais gerais

   inelasticity

2. the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

   Sinônimos

   inflexibilityrigidness

   Termos mais gerais

   unadaptability