Meaning of Rigidity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
   countable, uncountable
2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
   countable, uncountable
3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
   countable, uncountable
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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“moral rigidity”

“The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend⟳.”

“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.”

“structural rigidity”

“speak⟳ with excessive rigidity”

CEFR level