Rigid(a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Rigid(a.) Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
Rigidity(n.) 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; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.
Rigidity(n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
Rigidity(n.) Severity; rigor.
Rigidly(v.) In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Rigidness(n.) The quality or state of being rigid.
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