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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rig•id /ˈrɪdʒɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - stiff;
not easily moved:a rigid strip of metal. - fixed in one's thinking:He can be very rigid when it comes to rules.
- strict or severe:The rules are too rigid.
rig•id•ly, adv.: He stood rigidly at attention. rig•id•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rig•id (rij′id),USA pronunciation adj. - stiff or unyielding;
not pliant or flexible;
hard:a rigid strip of metal. - firmly fixed or set.
- inflexible, strict, or severe:a rigid disciplinarian; rigid rules of social behavior.
- exacting;
thorough;
rigorous:a rigid examination. - so as to meet precise standards;
stringent:lenses ground to rigid specifications. - Mechanics, Physicsof, pertaining to, or noting a body in which the distance between any pair of points remains fixed under all forces;
having infinite values for its shear modulus, bulk modulus, and Young's modulus. - Aeronautics
- (of an airship or dirigible) having a form maintained by a stiff, unyielding structure contained within the envelope.
- pertaining to a helicopter rotor that is held fixedly at its root.
- Latin rigidus, equivalent. to rig(ēre) to be stiff, stiffen + -idus -id4
- 1530–40
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unbending, firm, inflexible.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged immovable, static.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged austere, stern, unyielding. See strict.
- 4, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged demanding.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged elastic.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lax.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rigid /ˈrɪdʒɪd/ adj - not bending; physically inflexible or stiff: a rigid piece of plastic
- unbending; rigorously strict; severe: rigid rules
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiffˈrigidly adv riˈgidity, ˈrigidness n |