rigidity
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
Example
“The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.”
Other meanings
The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
Antonyms
- flexibility
Related words
- nonrigidity
- semirigidity
- superrigidity
- modulus of rigidity
- Born rigidity
- rigidity modulus
Word history
From Latin "rigiditas".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rigidity” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.