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Meaning of rigid

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rigid
      adj 1: incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of
             metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace
             guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
             [syn: {rigid}, {stiff}]
      2: incapable of compromise or flexibility [syn: {rigid},
         {strict}]
      3: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a
         rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending
         will to dominate" [syn: {inflexible}, {rigid}, {unbending}]
      4: designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained
         by a stiff unyielding frame or structure [ant: {nonrigid}]
      5: fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare";
         "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor
         Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: {fixed},
         {set}, {rigid}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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