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rigid

adj
/ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/CA/ˈɹəd͡ʒ.əd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-der. Proto-Italic *rigēō Latin rigeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rigidusder. Middle English rigide English rigid From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rigeō (“to be stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge + -ed.

  1. derived from rigged
  2. derived from rigidus — “stiff”
  3. inherited from rigide

Definitions

  1. Stiff, rather than flexible.

  2. Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.

  3. Fixed, rather than moving.

    • A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Rigorous and unbending.

    2. Uncompromising.

    3. An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid…

      An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.

      • The rigid could reach the greatest sizes and speeds of any airship, but was expensive to build and bulky to store. Rigids fell out of favor after the R101 and Hindenburg disasters made the type seem unsafe to the travelling public.

    4. A bicycle with no suspension system.

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Derived

multirigid, nonrigid, overrigid, rigid body, rigid body dynamics, rigidification, rigidify, rigidise, rigidity, rigidize, rigid-leaf poison, rigidly, rigidness, rigidulous, semirigid, subrigid, superrigid, unrigid

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rigid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at rigid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at rigid

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