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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)
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (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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torpor
English
Alternative forms
- torpour
Etymology
From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpe? (“I am numb”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??p?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??p?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)p?(?)
Noun
torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
- Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness, languor, torpidity
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
- Coordinate terms: hibernation, aestivation, cold sleep, hypersleep, suspended animation
Derived terms
- torporific
Related terms
- torpidity
- torpid
- torpidness
- torpedo
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From torpe? +? -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?tor.por/, [?t??rp?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?tor.por/, [?t??rp?r]
Noun
torpor m (genitive torp?ris); third declension
- numbness, stupefaction
- sluggishness, listlessness, inactivity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- ? English: torpor
- ? French: torpeur
- ? Italian: torpore
- ? Portuguese: torpor
- ? Spanish: torpor
References
- torpor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torpor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torpor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
torpor m (plural torpores)
- torpor (state of being inactive or stuporous)
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