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rigid meaning

EN[ˈɹɪdʒɪd] [-ɪdʒɪd]
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    Definition of rigid in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveCOMrigiderSUPrigidest
    1. Stiff, rather than flexible.
      1. Fixed, rather than moving.
        1. Rigorous and unbending.
          1. Uncompromising.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • Medical Scale Co. offers both rigid weighboard and stretcher style scales to weigh your bedridden patients.
              • The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.
              • At the instigation of Colbert, whose rigid honesty was scandalised by Fouquet's large-handed and prodigal corruption, Louis determined to curb these soaring aspirations.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Adjectives
            Related Links:
            1. fr rigide
            2. en rigider
            3. fr rigides
            4. en rigidly
            5. en rigidity
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of rigid for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "rigid" is an adjective.
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