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Definition of Stiffness
1. Noun. The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.
2. Noun. The property of moving with pain or difficulty. "He awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
3. Noun. Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action. "A charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
Derivative terms: Stiff
4. Noun. The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
Generic synonyms: Inelegance
Specialized synonyms: Woodenness, Gaucherie, Rusticity
Derivative terms: Awkward, Clumsy, Graceless, Graceless, Stiff
5. Noun. Excessive sternness. "The rigors of boot camp"
Generic synonyms: Sternness, Strictness
Derivative terms: Hard, Harsh, Harsh, Inclement, Rigorous, Rigorous, Rigorous, Severe, Severe
Definition of Stiffness
1. n. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
Definition of Stiffness
1. Noun. rigidity or a measure of rigidity ¹
2. Noun. inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stiffness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiffness
Literary usage of Stiffness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts by Thomas Young (1845)
"The stiffness of any substance is measured by the force required to cause it ...
In such cases the stiffness is directly as the breadth and the cube of the ..."
2. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore (1917)
"The modulus of elasticity of a material is an index of its stiffness or ...
The stiffness or rigidity of a strong material under working loads may be no ..."
3. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore (1917)
"The modulus of elasticity of a material is an index of its stiffness or ...
The stiffness or rigidity of a strong material under working loads may be no ..."
4. Textbook of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1922)
"The modulus of elasticity of a material is an index of its stiffness or ...
The stiffness or rigidity of a strong material under working loads may be no ..."
5. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"The modulus of elasticity of a material is an index of its stiffness or rigidity
... The stiffness or rigidity of a strong material under working loads may ..."
6. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"The modulus of elasticity of a material is an index of its stiffness or ...
The stiffness or rigidity of a strong material under working loads may be no ..."
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