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guarding

English

Verb

guarding

  1. present participle of guard

Noun

guarding (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.

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rigidity

English

Etymology

rigid +? -ity, from Latin rigiditas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???d???d?ti/

Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)

  1. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
  2. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
  3. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
  4. (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

Synonyms

  • rigidness

Antonyms

  • flexibility
  • ductility
  • malleability
  • softness

Translations

References

  • rigidity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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