RIGIDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rigidity mean? 

• RIGIDITY (noun)
  The noun RIGIDITY has 2 senses:

1. the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

2. the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

  Familiarity information: RIGIDITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGIDITY (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 ("rigidity" is a kind of...):

inelasticity (the lack of elasticity)

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

inflexibility; inflexibleness (a lack of physical flexibility)

Derivation:

rigid (incapable of or resistant to bending)

rigidify (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern)

rigidify (become rigid)

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 ("rigidity" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

rigid (incapable of compromise or flexibility)

rigidify (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern)

 Context examples 

People with even one mutation in GBA also have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease—a disorder characterized by tremors, muscular rigidity, and slowed movements.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)

It seemed to be of an unnatural colour, and to have a strange rigidity about the features.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nanocomposites are a class of compounds with unique performance profiles with respect to rigidity and transparent barrier properties.

(Nanocomposite, NCI Thesaurus)

In congenital cases, there is lack of rigidity in the cartilage of the bronchial wall.

(Bronchomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)

In the late infantile form symptoms include muscle weakness and rigidity, gait disturbances, developmental delays, and seizures.

(Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity, resulting in a reduction of bacterial cell wall stability and cell lysis.

(Cefepime Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity, which results in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and cell lysis.

(Cefazolin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linking of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity.

(Cefotaxime Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Intermediate filaments of neurons which add rigidity, tensile strength, and possibly intracellular transport guidance to axons and dendrites.

(Neurofilament, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Piperacillin binds to penicillin binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall, thereby interfering with the cross-linking of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity.

(Piperacillin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)