- rigidity, rigor
- صَمَلٌ \ rigidity, rigor.
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rigidity, rigor
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Rigor — Ri gor, n. [L. See {Rigor}., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness. [1913 Webster] 2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. [1913 Webster] {Rigor caloris}[L.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rigor caloris — Rigor Ri gor, n. [L. See {Rigor}., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness. [1913 Webster] 2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. [1913 Webster] {Rigor caloris}[L … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rigor mortis — Rigor Ri gor, n. [L. See {Rigor}., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness. [1913 Webster] 2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. [1913 Webster] {Rigor caloris}[L … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rigor — [rig′ər; ] for 4 & 5, occas. [ rī′gôr] n. [ME < MFr rigueur < L rigor < rigere: see RIGID] 1. harshness or severity; specif., a) strictness or inflexibility [the rigor of martial law] b) extreme hardship or difficulty [the rigors of… … English World dictionary
Rigor — Rig or, n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. See {Rigid}.] [Written also {rigour}.] 1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. [1913 Webster] The rest his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rigidity — Ri*gid i*ty, n. [L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidit[ e]. See {Rigid}.] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; opposed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rigidity — index formality, rigor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rigor — I noun accuracy, asperity, austerity, care, carefulness, conscientiousness, discipline, duritia, exactitude, exactness, firmness, force, freedom from deviation, intensity, keenness, meticulousness, preciseness, precision, relentlessness, rigidity … Law dictionary
rigor — [n] strictness, exactness accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difficulty, exactitude, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal,… … New thesaurus
rigidity — 1. Stiffness or inflexibility. SYN: rigor (1). 2. In psychiatry and clinical psychology, an aspect of personality characterized by an individual s resistance to change. 3. In neurology, one type of increase in … Medical dictionary
rigor — 1. SYN: rigidity (1). 2. SYN: chill (2). [L. stiffness] acid r. coagulation of muscle protein induced by acids. calcium r. arrest of the heart in the fully contracted state as a result of po … Medical dictionary
