The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.
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Want of elasticity.
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The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will o…
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The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
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To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
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To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
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Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
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Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
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The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will o…
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The quality or state of being rigid.
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