Word of the Day:
rigidity
What It Means
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.
Did You Know?
From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
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