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RIGIDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rigidness mean? 

RIGIDNESS (noun)
  The noun RIGIDNESS has 2 senses:

1. the physical property of being stiff and resisting bendingplay

2. the quality of being rigid and rigorously severeplay

  Familiarity information: RIGIDNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIGIDNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

rigidity; rigidness

Hypernyms ("rigidness" is a kind of...):

inelasticity (the lack of elasticity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rigidness"):

inflexibility; inflexibleness (a lack of physical flexibility)

Derivation:

rigid (incapable of or resistant to bending)

rigid (fixed and unmoving)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inflexibility; rigidity; rigidness

Hypernyms ("rigidness" is a kind of...):

unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)

Derivation:

rigid (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances)

rigid (incapable of compromise or flexibility)


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