1) Cognitive psychology 2) Firmness 3) Hardness 4) Inelasticity 5) Inflexibility 6) Mathematical terminology 7) Resistance 8) Rigidness 9) Solidity 10) Stability 11) Stiffness 12) Strictness 13) Tautness
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1) Formality 2) Hardness 3) Inflexibility 4) Inflexibleness 5) Rigidness 6) Rigour 7) Setness 8) Severity 9) Stiffness 10) Stubbornness 11) Tension 12) Tightness
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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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[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 resistance to deflection by a magnetic field. It is ...
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[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 describes in what sense the adjective rigid is typically ...
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[psychology] In psychology, rigidity refers to an obstinate inability to yield or a refusal to appreciate another person`s viewpoint or emotions characterized by a lack of empathy. A specific example of rigidity is functional fixedness, which is a difficulty conceiving new uses for familiar objects. ...
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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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• (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 ease or elegance. • (n.) Severity; rigor.Rigidi...
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(L. rigiditas; rigidus stiff) stiffness or inflexibility, chiefly that which is abnormal or morbid; rigor.
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(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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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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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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Stiffness or inflexibility, chiefly that which is abnormal or morbid, rigor. ... Origin: L. Rigiditas, rigidus = stiff ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(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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changes of the muscle tone associated with increased resistance noted to the passive movement of a limb.
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An abnormal increase in the general tenseness of muscles that is not caused by anxiety or exercise.
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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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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 opposes change of form; -- opposed to
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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 resistance to passive stretch, independent of veloc...
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[
n] - the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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The degree of flexibility of steel.
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rigidness noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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