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stiffness stiffness definition

stiffness


 
  Grep  of  noun  stiffness 
  stiffness 
 
  Overview  of  noun  stiffness 
 
  The  noun  stiffness  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  stiffness  --  (the  physical  property  of  being  inflexible  and  hard  to  bend) 
  2.  (1)  stiffness  --  (the  property  of  moving  with  pain  or  difficulty;  "he  awoke  with  a  painful  stiffness  in  his  neck") 
  3.  awkwardness,  clumsiness,  gracelessness,  stiffness  --  (the  inelegance  of  someone  stiff  and  unrelaxed  (as  by  embarrassment)) 
  4.  severity,  harshness,  rigor,  rigour,  inclemency,  hardness,  stiffness  --  (excessive  sternness;  "severity  of  character";  "the  harshness  of  his  punishment  was  inhuman";  "the  rigors  of  boot  camp") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  stiffness 
 
  The  noun  stiffness  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  stiffness  --  (the  physical  property  of  being  inflexible  and  hard  to  bend) 
  2.  (1)  stiffness  --  (the  property  of  moving  with  pain  or  difficulty;  "he  awoke  with  a  painful  stiffness  in  his  neck") 
  3.  awkwardness,  clumsiness,  gracelessness,  stiffness  --  (the  inelegance  of  someone  stiff  and  unrelaxed  (as  by  embarrassment)) 
  4.  severity,  harshness,  rigor,  rigour,  inclemency,  hardness,  stiffness  --  (excessive  sternness;  "severity  of  character";  "the  harshness  of  his  punishment  was  inhuman";  "the  rigors  of  boot  camp") 



stiffness definition