rigidity

English

Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable; plural rigidities)

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.
2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
3. In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

Antonyms

• flexibility
• ductility
• malleability
• softness

Translations

The quality or state of being rigid

• Asturian: rixidez (ast) f
• Catalan: rigidesa (ca) f, rigiditat (ca) f
• Finnish: jäykkyys, kankeus

• Galician: rixidez (gl) f
• Italian: rigidità (it) f
• Spanish: rigidez (es) f

Stiffness of appearance or manner

• Finnish: jäykkyys

References

• rigidity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913