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Noun: rigidity  ri'jidutee
  1. The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
    - rigidness
     
  2. The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
    - inflexibility, rigidness

Derived forms: rigidities

See also: rigid, rigidify

Type of: inelasticity, unadaptability

Encyclopedia: Rigidity