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- Dictionarystiffness/ˈstɪfnɪs/
noun
- 1. inability to move easily and without pain: "stretching exercises ease stiffness in the legs"
- 2. the quality of being severe or strong: "no mean feat given the stiffness of the competition"
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Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force. Learn how to calculate stiffness for different degrees of freedom, elasticity and rotational stiffness, and how stiffness affects engineering and biology.
Stiffness is the quality of being very formal, firm, or severe. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Stiffness is the resistance of an object to deformation under load. Learn how to calculate stiffness, its units, types, and factors affecting it, and the difference between stiffness and strength.
Learn the various meanings and uses of the word stiff, from adjective to noun to verb. Find synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of stiff.
Stiffness is the property of being inflexible and hard to bend, or the lack of elasticity. It can also mean pain or difficulty in moving, inelegance, firmness, or severity. See different meanings, examples, and translations of stiffness.
Stiffness is difficulty in moving because of pain or hardness. It can also mean the fact of not being friendly or relaxed, or the fact of being more difficult or severe than usual.
Definitions of stiffness. noun. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend. see more. noun. the property of moving with pain or difficulty. “he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck” see more. noun. excessive sternness.
