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Definition of Rigid

Rigid
Rigid Rig"id, a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ] 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. --Milton. 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. --Hawthorne. Syn: Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.

Meaning of Rigid from wikipedia

- A rigid airship is a type of airship (or dirigible) in which the envelope is supported by an internal framework rather than by being kept in shape by...
- Look up rigidity or rigid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rigid or rigidity may refer to: Stiffness, the property of a solid body to resist deformation...
- In mathematics, a rigid transformation (also called Euclidean transformation or Euclidean isometry) is a geometric transformation of a Euclidean space...
- In physics, a rigid body, also known as a rigid object, is a solid body in which deformation is zero or negligible. The distance between any two given...
- A rigid inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity...
- Rigid constitution is a constitution which stands above the other laws of the country, while flexible constitutions do not. A. V. Dicey defines a rigid...
- non-rigid airship, commonly called a blimp (/blɪmp/), is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and...
- In rotordynamics, the rigid rotor is a mechanical model of rotating systems. An arbitrary rigid rotor is a 3-dimensional rigid object, such as a top. To...
- below the envelope. The main types of airship are non-rigid, semi-rigid and rigid airships. Non-rigid airships, often called "blimps", rely solely on internal...
- In modal logic and the philosophy of language, a term is said to be a rigid designator or absolute substantial term when it designates (picks out, denotes...