Difference between rigidity and rigid
Definitions
noun
- the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
- the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
Examples
The drop-in module, which adds to the stiffness and torsional rigidity of the whole vehicle, ties the car together from the seats rearward and from b-pillar to b-pillar.
Taking up so much of the roof area, it has to stay sealed with the glass permanently in place to maintain the car's body rigidity.
It must be confessed, however, that certain influences darkened the style even before it had reached maturity; chief among these was a gloomy hierarchical splendour, and a ritual rigidity, which to-day we yet refer to, quite properly, as Byzantinism.
Definitions
adjective
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
Examples
The drop-in module, which adds to the stiffness and torsional rigidity of the whole vehicle, ties the car together from the seats rearward and from b-pillar to b-pillar.
Taking up so much of the roof area, it has to stay sealed with the glass permanently in place to maintain the car's body rigidity.
Polar Instruments has added a flex-rigid PCB design option to the Speedstack PCB layer-stackup design system.
