1) Not flexible or pliant; stiff
2) Not moving; fixed
Rigid is a brand name of tools sold by Home Depot.
A related term is "rigid foam insulation", a material sold by home improvement stores.
Yes, rigid is an adjective. Rigidly is an adverb. Rigidity is a noun.
We don't think so.The definition of torque is (strength of the force) x (distance of the force from the axis).It's going to be pretty difficult to evaluate that quantity if the axis isn't specified.
The answer to the analogy "rigid is to flexible" is "strict is to lenient." Just as rigid and flexible are opposite in terms of stiffness, strict and lenient are opposite in terms of severity.
The word "pliable" completes the analogy. Rigid is to flexible as inflexible is to pliable.
Graphene is considered the most rigid material known to man.
a rigid substance that doesn't take the shape of its container.
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin is known as the first German to fly rigid airships. Blimps by definition are non-rigid and the word is often used interchangeably with rigid, semi rigid and non-rigid.
The rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes.
A blimp is an airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
How things worked before WW1 in terms of class system etc.
A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force.
A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force.
The definition of the word "erect" essentially means upright, standing up straight, rigid and vertical. It is also used to refer to the construction or assembly of buildings, as in to erect a shed.
A hand tool consisting of a handle with a head of metal or other heavy rigid material used for striking or pounding.
A rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
A rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
A rigid bar that pivots about one point that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a 3rd.