Look up: stiffness

1. stiffness
   [n] - the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend 2. [n] - the property of moving with pain or difficulty
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2. Stiffness
   Refer to DOMS
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3. Stiffness
   The resistance of a structure to deformation. Under a given load, the higher the stiffness of an implant then the smaller its deformation, the smaller the displacement of the fracture fragments and the lower the strain generated in the repair tissue. Excessive tissue strain can interfere with healin...
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4. Stiffness
   Measure of resistance of plastics to bending. It includes both plastic and elastic behavior, so it is an apparent value of elastic modulus rather than a true value. (ASTM D-747)
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5. Stiffness
   Stiffness is the ratio of change of force (or torque) to the corresponding change in translation (or rotational) deflection of an elastic element. Stiffness is often defined with respect to static or dynamic loading conditions.When a force is applied to a structure, there is a displacement in the di...
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6. Stiffness
   Measure of the resistance of a material to deformation. The ratio of applied stress to resulting strain for a particular material.
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7. stiffness
   the amount of applied force per unit of displacement of a compliant body Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • bending resistance determined by measuring the bending force on a rectangular test piece of paper according to a standardised procedure Category:...
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8. Stiffness
   Term for the workability of a mix. The ease that a material requires to move it when hot.
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9. Stiffness
   Stiff'ness noun The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. « The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.» South.
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10. stiffness
    noun the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
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11. Stiffness
    • (n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
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12. Stiffness
    The resistance to deformation of a structural member which can be measured by the ratio of the applied force to the corresponding displacement.
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13. Stiffness
    relationship describing motor displacement from a fixed position due to an applied torque of specified value.
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14. stiffness
    in a system in which friction and inertia are negligible, quotient of force at a point by the in-phase displacement at the point, caused by the force, during sinusoidal motion NOTE - In the case of torsional stiffness, 'force' and 'displacement' respectively are replaced by 'torque' and 'angular displacement'.
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15. stiffness
    reciprocal of compliance, expressed in newtons per millimetre
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16. stiffness
    A boat ability to resists heeling.
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17. Stiffness
    `Stiffness` is the resistance of an elastic body to deformation by an applied force along a given degree of freedom (DOF) when a set of loading points and boundary conditions are prescribed on the elastic body. It is an extensive material property. Calculations: The stiffness, k, of a body is...
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