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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rigidity  \Ri*gid"i*ty\,  n.  [L.  rigiditas:  cf  F.  rigidit['e]. 
  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  {flexibility},  {ductility},  {malleability},  and 
  {softness}. 
 
  2.  Stiffness  of  appearance  or  manner;  want  of  ease  or 
  elegance.  --Sir  H.  Wotton. 
 
  3.  Severity;  rigor.  [Obs.  orR.]  --Bp.  Burnet. 
 
  Syn:  Stiffness;  rigidness;  inflexibility. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rigidity 
  n  1:  the  physical  property  of  being  stiff  and  resisting  bending 
  [syn:  {rigidness}] 
  2:  the  quality  of  being  rigid  and  rigorously  severe  [syn:  {inflexibility}] 
  [ant:  {flexibility}]




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