stiffness

[US]/'stifnis/
[UK]/ˈstɪfnɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. rigidity; lack of flexibility or pliancy; stubbornness.

Phrases & Collocations

muscle stiffness

joint stiffness

neck stiffness

back stiffness

stiffness matrix

lateral stiffness

static stiffness

stiffness coefficient

torsional stiffness

stiffness method

spring stiffness

flexural stiffness

stiffness factor

Example Sentences

The stiffness and self-consciousness soon disappeared.

the stiffness in his shoulders had loosened.

The semiactive variable stiffness and damping control device outperforms the semiactive variable stiffness control as the result of the presence of auxiliary damping in this device.

2. aphasia caused by stiffness of the tongue, salivation with glossoplegia.

Some of the stiffness will boil out when you first wash the cloth.

On the basis of traditional quasistatic analytical method, stiffness for angular contact ball bearing of aeroengine is studied.

The analytical model of stiffness for angular contact ball bearing of aeroengine is established by the quasistatic analytical method.

As I got about, the stiffness in my left leg gradually worked off.

The elastic stiffness matrix of this new model is 14×14.The effect of axial force, shearing force, biaxial bending moment and bimoment was involved in the geometrical stiffness matrix of element.

She complained of stiffness in her joints. Accordingly she was admitted to hospital for further tests.

The key factors and suggestions on optimizing stiffness of Z direction have been given which will provide concernful support for further optimization of PKM.

Because the ideal “rigid joint” and “hinged joint” are inexistent, the stiffness of any connection types is between ideal rigid joint and hinged joint.

The calculations of the strength,stiffness and steamtight are very importang when high pressure and intermediate pressure casing of 300 MW steam turbine are designed.

Objective: To observe the effect of life quality,pain,morning stiffness,tumidity and other clinical symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treating depression by TCM.

Lastly, by using the FORTRAN language, the thesis compiles the program of the stiffness optimization process of short-leg shear wall-corewall structure.

Analyzes the influences of end-plate/T-beam thickness and web ribbings of column on bearing capacity, rotational stiffness and ultimate rotatability of semirigid joints.

The soft-stiff rings of the experimental box are used to ensure axial softness and radial stiffness; the veridical experiments simulate better the one-dimensional plane strain motion.

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