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Meanings of rigidity in English

Portuguese
inflexibilidade
Catalan
rigidesa
Spanish
rigidez

The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.

      inflexibilidade
      Russian
      ригидность

      Disposition to perseverate in one's viewpoint or in refusing other's.

            ригидность
            Usage of rigidity in English
            1
            Both patients developed increased tone and cogwheel rigidity, but neither developed choreoathetosis.
            Pubmed
            2
            Her face stiffened into rigidity; she dashed the tears from her eyes.
            In a Hollow of the Hills
            3
            That rigidity limits what AI has been able to do for us.
            Wired
            4
            Hannah laughed too, in contemptuous amusement at the rigidity of Jewish Law.
            Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
            5
            Helen felt herself stiffening; her companion drew himself up with soldierly rigidity.
            Tales of Trail and Town
            6
            The object of this relaxation is to overcome muscular tension and rigidity.
            The Renaissance of the Vocal Art / A Practical Study of Vitality...
            7
            Examination revealed severe axial rigidity, restricted vertical gaze and bradykinesia of limbs.
            Pubmed
            8
            The rigidity of death had seized upon him between those four planks.
            Les Misérables
            9
            Of this Roman rigidity the Pont du Gard is an admirable example.
            A Little Tour in France
            10
            The rigidity of the tempo and the discipline demanded sets it apart.
            The Irish Times
            11
            The young girl's arms fell by her side in a sudden rigidity.
            Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
            12
            But his rigidity about her seeing Lizzie didn't give Maddy many options.
            Journey
            13
            The clinical manifestations of PD include tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability.
            Pubmed
            14
            Her small figure had straightened itself into a kind of haughty rigidity.
            The Market-Place
            15
            Bryce was weary of their disbelief and frustrated by their intellectual rigidity.
            Phantoms
            16
            Call it stagnation, call it rigidity, call it an unforgivable herd mentality.
            World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
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            Translations for rigidity
            Spanish
            rigidez
            Rigidity through the time
            Rigidity across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Common