rigidity

rigid | American Dictionary

rigid
adjective
us/ˈrɪdʒ·ɪd/

rigidadjective (NOT VARYING)

not permitting any change:
rigid rules of behavior
I keep to a rigid schedule.

rigidadjective (STIFF)

not able to be bent:
rigid plastic

Examples of rigid

rigid
Here we investigate an idealised problem where the rigid bottom is replaced by a layer with a damping mechanism.
The previously experienced rigid rotation through the large angle is replaced by the experience of a non-rigid rotation through a smaller angle.
The proof for the case of a continuously stratified fluid between rigid boundaries is straightforward.
The particles are then connected chemically to form a rigid structure - this is the bottomup part that enables parallelism.
This included oral musical cultures, which are often defined more by performance than by pre-existing repertoire or rigid rules.
Yet in onomastic terms, which is the rigid designator that unambiguously refers to the self of an individual in every world.
The absence of agreed standards makes the enforcement of rigid thresholds suggested in guidelines difficult.
The lineage as a genealogical map appears to be too rigid and static-based on blood and marriage.
If high- or lowresolution models of all domains exist it may be possible to reconstruct the complete structure by rigid-body refinement as explained below.
Multi-branched loops can play a key role in tertiary structure because they can act as flexible hinges between otherwise fairly rigid helical domains.
Its rigid anti-vibration structure enables several technologies to be incorporated: laser, water jet, machining spindles or non-destructive controls.
The simplest example of this mechanism occurs in a film on a rigid inclined plane bounded above by a thin elastic plate.
Each fills the tonal space that the other leaves void; each, as the rigid logic of head and body demands, personifies what the other lacks.
Hierarchies are rigid when it comes to the approval of the drafts and proposals prepared by a civil servant (fonctionnaire).
Do we imagine that these texts reflect a religion continually concerned with protecting its rather rigid boundaries?
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