(transitive, intransitive) To make or become rigid.

plural of rigid

The action, or the result, of making something rigid

plural of rigidization

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

Alternative spelling of nonrigid

Alternative spelling of semirigid

plural of rigidity modulus