Look up: rigidity

1. rigidity
   [n] - the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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2. Rigidity
   This term is often used synonymously with stiffness. Some (Timoshenko 1941) feel that its use should be confined to considerations of shear (e.g. at the interface of plate and bone).
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3. Rigidity
   Refers in medical usage to a type of muscular stiffness encountered when examining people with Parkinson's. It is characterised by a constant, even resistance to passive manipulation of the limbs.
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4. rigidity
   ability of a container to withstand either transverse or longitudinal racking loads of stated amounts, resulting particularly from ship movement Category: Technical and industry in general • a state of stiffness and inflexibility Category: Medicine • static or dynamic elastic...
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5. Rigidity
   Ri·gid'i·ty noun [ Latin rigiditas : confer French rigidité . See Rigid .] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opp...
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6. rigidity
   Stiffness or inflexibility, chiefly that which is abnormal or morbid, rigor. ... Origin: L. Rigiditas, rigidus = stiff ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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7. rigidity
   rigidness noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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8. rigidity
   (rĭ-jid´ĭ-te) inflexibility or stiffness. paratonic rigidity an intermittent abnormal increase in resistance to passive movement in a comatose patient.
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9. Rigidity
   • (n.) The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. • (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ea...
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10. rigidity
    (from the article `mechanics`) Rigid bodiesAnother type of constraint specifies that a body is rigid. Then, even though the body is composed of a very large number of atoms, it is not ... [2 related articles]
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11. rigidity
    (L. rigiditas; rigidus stiff) stiffness or inflexibility, chiefly that which is abnormal or morbid; rigor.
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12. Rigidity
    [mathematics] In mathematics, a rigid collection C of mathematical objects (for instance sets or functions) is one in which every c ∈ C is uniquely determined by less information about c than one would expect. The above statement does not define a mathematical property. Instead, it describ...
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13. rigidity
    The ability of a body or substance to oppose or withstand forces directed toward changing the body's shape, while keeping its volume constant. Rigidity refers to a purely static situation. A related quantity is viscosity.
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14. rigidity
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ri-jid′i-tē Definitions: 1. Stiffness or inflexibility. 2. In psychiatry and clinical psychology, an aspect of personality characterized by a person's resistance to change. 3. In neurology, one type of increase in muscle tone at rest; characterized by increased r...
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15. Rigidity
    An index of the resistance of an elastic body to shear. The ratio of the shearing stress to the amount of angular rotation it produces in a rock sample.
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16. Rigidity
    [psychology] In psychology, rigidity refers to an obstinate inability to yield. A refusal to appreciate another person`s viewpoint or emotions, characterized by a lack of empathy. A specific example is functional fixedness, which is a difficulty conceiving new uses for familiar objects. ...
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17. Rigidity
    [electromagnetism] In accelerator physics, rigidity is a concept used to determine the effect of particular magnetic fields on the motion of the charged particles. It is a measure of the momentum of the particle, and it refers to the fact that a higher momentum particle will have a higher re...
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18. Rigidity
    changes of the muscle tone associated with increased resistance noted to the passive movement of a limb.
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