Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rigidize

simple past tense and past participle of rigidize

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become rigid.

present participle of rigidize

Alternative spelling of nonrigid

Alternative spelling of semirigid

plural of rigid body

(physics) An idealized solid whose size and shape are fixed and remain unaltered when forces are applied; used in Newtonian mechanics to model real objects.

(physics) An object's tendency to shear, defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain

plural of rigidity modulus