Word.ws English Dictionary

rigidification

Syllables: ri·gid·i·fi·ca·tion/ɹɪˌd͡ʒɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

rigidification noun: the process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.

Noun

rigidification (plural rigidifications)

  1. (uncountable) The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
    • This early rigidification and satisfaction with his own conclusions made him insensitive to new political and philosophical ideas.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
  2. A form of isomorphism applied between line bundles.

Forms of rigidification

pluralrigidifications

Origin of rigidification

From rigid + -ification.

Words that rhyme with rigidification

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about rigidification

What does rigidification mean?
Rigidification means the process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
What part of speech is rigidification?
Rigidification is a noun.
How do you pronounce rigidification?
Rigidification is pronounced /ɹɪˌd͡ʒɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of rigidification?
The plural of rigidification is rigidifications.

Words near rigidification in the dictionary

  1. rigid body
  2. rigid body dynamics
  3. rigid-leaf poison
  4. rigider
  5. rigidest
  6. rigidification
  7. rigidifications
  8. rigidified
  9. rigidifier
  10. rigidifiers
  11. rigidifies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rigidification (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rigidification.wav.

Cite this entry: “rigidification.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rigidification. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.