Rigidity

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.

"moral rigidity; The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.; She disliked the rigidity of the rules."

2.NounThe amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

"structural rigidity"

3.NounStiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

"speak with excessive rigidity"

4.Nounstickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

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