Etymology: [ stif ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Old English stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stifaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stīpos (compare Latin stipare, from which English stevedore).
Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise, dead, deceased, Harsh, severe, Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed, Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible, (Should we delete() this redundant sense?) Of a penis, erect, An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff, To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily, A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill, A cadaver, a dead person, A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle, Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible, potent, not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge", Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff, Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary, Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed excercise, hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant", an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff", Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price, Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze, extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff, lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs", Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; opposed to crank, Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear, an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs" hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant" not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge" powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink" extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff, Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style, powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink", emphasis If you are bored stiff, worried stiff, or scared stiff, you are extremely bored, worried, or scared. Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff Stiff is also an adjective. Even if he bores you stiff, it is good manners not to let him know it, A stiff drink is a large amount of a strong alcoholic drink. a stiff whisky. = large, the dead body of a human being, extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff", rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality", in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly", Stiff behaviour is rather formal and not very friendly or relaxed. They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal. + stiffly stiff·ly `Why don't you borrow your sister's car?' said Cassandra stiffly. a stiffly worded letter of complaint, If you are stiff, your muscles or joints hurt when you move, because of illness or because of too much exercise. The Mud Bath is particularly recommended for relieving tension and stiff muscles I'm stiff all over right now -- I hope I can recover for tomorrow's race. + stiffly stiff·ly He climbed stiffly from the Volkswagen, in a rigid state; thoroughly, completely, Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily. His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff Clean the mussels with a stiff brush under cold running water. = rigid + stiffly stiff·ly Moira sat stiffly upright in her straight-backed chair, (Slang) corpse, dead body; overly formal or priggish person; fellow, regular person; drunk, Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints, Something such as a door or drawer that is stiff does not move as easily as it should. Train doors have handles on the inside. They are stiff so that they cannot be opened accidentally, of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar", Stiff can be used to mean difficult or severe. The film faces stiff competition for the Best Film nomination Under Greece's stiff anti-drugs laws they could face twenty years in jail, Used to describe the wrestler or the manuevers that are performed by that wrestler when these manuevers are performed without enough leniancy, incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker", difficult to bend, rigid; stubborn; strong; awkward; hard, difficult; thick; high, expensive, (noun) A wrestler who moves very stiffly in the ring and just doesn't look good, or just an untalented wrestler (adjective) Used to describe a move, such as a punch or a kick, that is delivered with such force that it looks especially realistic, adj chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent ) Big Van Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker Not a shoot, but almost, (aka: "stick it", "stoney") to put a shot close to the hole Example: "I just knew she was going to knock it stiff/stick it/hit it stoney ", hand totals of 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16, Chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent ) Big Van Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker Not a shoot, but almost, Unyielding, closed; dumb, very drunk, A hand that could go bust by adding one more card For example any hard 12-16 combination is a stiff, (also "stick it, stoney") to put a shot close to the hole Example: I just knew she was going to knock it stiff/stick it/hit it stoney, An I O U ; a bill of acceptance “Hard,” means hard cash “Did you get it stiff or hard?” means by an I O U or in cash Of course “stiff” refers to the stiff interest exacted by money lenders “His `stiff' was floating about in too many directions, at too many high figures ”- Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap vii, Said of a vessel that is not easily heeled and returns quickly to the vertical, when heeling force is removed, stifflike, plural form of stiffy, plural form of stiffie, rigidity or a measure of rigidity, inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility, In a stiff manner, in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly, past of stiff, More rigid, more inflexible, more unbending, Most rigid, most inflexible, most unbending, present participle of stiff, In a stiff manner}, in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat bolt upright", rigidly, in a stiff manner, Resistance to flexing, The ratio of force (or torque) to deflection of a spring-like element, – This measures a paper’s ability to withstand bending, that property of a material concerned with how difficult it is to bend A stiff material is difficult to stretch or bend, The spring-like quality of mechanical and hydraulic elements to elasticity deform under load, hard to bend, The measure of a tape's flexibility and conformability, Stiffness is the resistance of a material or a structure to deformation It is not the same as strength The stiffness of a material is indicated by its "modulus of elasticity" - the measure of the elasticity of the atomic bonds within the material It is essential that calipers (and caliper mountings) be stiff Which is why metal matrix composite materials are used for racing calipers, rigidity, Stiffness characterizes the ability of a material to resist bending, inflexibility, The property of a conductor that causes it to resist permanent deformation by bending, Mental and muscular reaction of a worried or badly prepared horse, leading to mental resistance and muscular hardening, Some systems of ODEs are difficult to solve using explicit methods The symptoms are that, in order to control the error, the step size must be kept smaller than the apparent rate of change of the variables If an adaptive step size is being used there may be more step rejections than expected, The ability of paperboard to resist binding, the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend, excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp", The relationship of load to deformation for a particular material, The resistance to deformation of a structural member which can be measured by the ratio of the applied force to the corresponding displacement, the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment), inflexibility, rigidity, the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck" the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend, the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck", The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character, The ratio of change in load to accompanying change in deformation of a member fabricated of a Hookean material and activated within its elastic limit; the slope of the load-versus-deformation plot beneath the elastic limit, Relationship of load to deformation for a particular material, A kart frame is designed to allow flexing, a very important property of the frame The stiffness of the frame is a measure for how easily it can be flexed Fast classes which race with sticky tires require a stiffer frame than slower classes which utilize harder tires Stiffness can be changed by the setting of the torsion bars and the thickness of the rear axle, a set of values which represent the rigidity or softness of a particular element Stiffness is determined by material type and geometry, may be quantified using the modulus of elasticity, E The higher the E value, the stiffer the wood and the lower the deformation under a given load A board rated at 2 0E is twice as stiff as one rated at 1 0E, (1) the measure or degree of resistance to bending stress of a sheet material; (2) high viscosity in ink formulations, relationship describing motor displacement from a fixed position due to an applied torque of specified value, - The Property of paper that resist bending, Measure of resistance of plastics to bending It includes both plastic and elastic behavior, so it is an apparent value of elastic modulus rather than a true value (ASTM D-747), Ability of an object o resist deformation As a measure of deflection for a positioning stage under load or of a leadscrew under thrust, stiffness is typically expressed in units of micro-inches per pound, plural of stiff,
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Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise - "My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday."
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dead, deceased
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Harsh, severe - "He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine."
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Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed
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Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible
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(Should we delete() this redundant sense?) Of a penis, erect
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An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff - "A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003."
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To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily - "Then he stiffed the waiter with a cheap tip."
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A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill
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A cadaver, a dead person
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A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle - "She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him."
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Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible
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potent - "A stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze."
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not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge"
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Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff
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Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary
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Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed excercise
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hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"
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an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
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Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price
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Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze
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extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff
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lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs"
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Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; opposed to crank
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Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear
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an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff" lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs" hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant" not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge" powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink" extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff
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Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style
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powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink"
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emphasis If you are bored stiff, worried stiff, or scared stiff, you are extremely bored, worried, or scared. Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff Stiff is also an adjective. Even if he bores you stiff, it is good manners not to let him know it
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A stiff drink is a large amount of a strong alcoholic drink. a stiff whisky. = large
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the dead body of a human being
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extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"
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rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
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in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"
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Stiff behaviour is rather formal and not very friendly or relaxed. They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal. + stiffly stiff·ly `Why don't you borrow your sister's car?' said Cassandra stiffly. a stiffly worded letter of complaint
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If you are stiff, your muscles or joints hurt when you move, because of illness or because of too much exercise. The Mud Bath is particularly recommended for relieving tension and stiff muscles I'm stiff all over right now -- I hope I can recover for tomorrow's race. + stiffly stiff·ly He climbed stiffly from the Volkswagen
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in a rigid state; thoroughly, completely
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Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily. His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff Clean the mussels with a stiff brush under cold running water. = rigid + stiffly stiff·ly Moira sat stiffly upright in her straight-backed chair
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(Slang) corpse, dead body; overly formal or priggish person; fellow, regular person; drunk isim
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Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints
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Something such as a door or drawer that is stiff does not move as easily as it should. Train doors have handles on the inside. They are stiff so that they cannot be opened accidentally
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of a collar; standing up rather than folded down; "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar"
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Stiff can be used to mean difficult or severe. The film faces stiff competition for the Best Film nomination Under Greece's stiff anti-drugs laws they could face twenty years in jail
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Used to describe the wrestler or the manuevers that are performed by that wrestler when these manuevers are performed without enough leniancy
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incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"
(noun) A wrestler who moves very stiffly in the ring and just doesn't look good, or just an untalented wrestler (adjective) Used to describe a move, such as a punch or a kick, that is delivered with such force that it looks especially realistic
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adj chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent ) Big Van Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker Not a shoot, but almost
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(aka: "stick it", "stoney") to put a shot close to the hole Example: "I just knew she was going to knock it stiff/stick it/hit it stoney "
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hand totals of 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16
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Chops, hits or moves which cause real injury (though perhaps not more than a welting up of the opponent ) Big Van Vader has a reputation as a stiff worker Not a shoot, but almost
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Unyielding, closed; dumb
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very drunk
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A hand that could go bust by adding one more card For example any hard 12-16 combination is a stiff
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(also "stick it, stoney") to put a shot close to the hole Example: I just knew she was going to knock it stiff/stick it/hit it stoney
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An I O U ; a bill of acceptance “Hard,” means hard cash “Did you get it stiff or hard?” means by an I O U or in cash Of course “stiff” refers to the stiff interest exacted by money lenders “His `stiff' was floating about in too many directions, at too many high figures ”- Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap vii
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Said of a vessel that is not easily heeled and returns quickly to the vertical, when heeling force is removed
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stiff.
stifflike
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stiffies
plural form of stiffy
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stiffies
plural form of stiffie
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stiffness
rigidity or a measure of rigidity
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stiffness
inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility
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stiffly
In a stiff manner
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stiffly
in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly
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stiffed
past of stiff
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stiffer
More rigid, more inflexible, more unbending
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stiffest
Most rigid, most inflexible, most unbending
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stiffing
present participle of stiff
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stiffly
In a stiff manner}
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stiffly
in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat bolt upright"
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stiffly
rigidly, in a stiff manner
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stiffness
Resistance to flexing
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stiffness
The ratio of force (or torque) to deflection of a spring-like element
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stiffness
– This measures a paper’s ability to withstand bending
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stiffness
that property of a material concerned with how difficult it is to bend A stiff material is difficult to stretch or bend
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stiffness
The spring-like quality of mechanical and hydraulic elements to elasticity deform under load
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stiffness
hard to bend
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stiffness
The measure of a tape's flexibility and conformability
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stiffness
Stiffness is the resistance of a material or a structure to deformation It is not the same as strength The stiffness of a material is indicated by its "modulus of elasticity" - the measure of the elasticity of the atomic bonds within the material It is essential that calipers (and caliper mountings) be stiff Which is why metal matrix composite materials are used for racing calipers
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stiffness
rigidity
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stiffness
Stiffness characterizes the ability of a material to resist bending
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stiffness
inflexibility
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stiffness
The property of a conductor that causes it to resist permanent deformation by bending
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stiffness
Mental and muscular reaction of a worried or badly prepared horse, leading to mental resistance and muscular hardening
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stiffness
Some systems of ODEs are difficult to solve using explicit methods The symptoms are that, in order to control the error, the step size must be kept smaller than the apparent rate of change of the variables If an adaptive step size is being used there may be more step rejections than expected
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stiffness
The ability of paperboard to resist binding
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stiffness
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
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stiffness
excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
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stiffness
The relationship of load to deformation for a particular material
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stiffness
The resistance to deformation of a structural member which can be measured by the ratio of the applied force to the corresponding displacement
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stiffness
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
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stiffness
inflexibility, rigidity isim
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stiffness
the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck" the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
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stiffness
the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
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stiffness
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character
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stiffness
The ratio of change in load to accompanying change in deformation of a member fabricated of a Hookean material and activated within its elastic limit; the slope of the load-versus-deformation plot beneath the elastic limit
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stiffness
Relationship of load to deformation for a particular material
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stiffness
A kart frame is designed to allow flexing, a very important property of the frame The stiffness of the frame is a measure for how easily it can be flexed Fast classes which race with sticky tires require a stiffer frame than slower classes which utilize harder tires Stiffness can be changed by the setting of the torsion bars and the thickness of the rear axle
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stiffness
a set of values which represent the rigidity or softness of a particular element Stiffness is determined by material type and geometry
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stiffness
may be quantified using the modulus of elasticity, E The higher the E value, the stiffer the wood and the lower the deformation under a given load A board rated at 2 0E is twice as stiff as one rated at 1 0E
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stiffness
(1) the measure or degree of resistance to bending stress of a sheet material; (2) high viscosity in ink formulations
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stiffness
relationship describing motor displacement from a fixed position due to an applied torque of specified value
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stiffness
- The Property of paper that resist bending
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stiffness
Measure of resistance of plastics to bending It includes both plastic and elastic behavior, so it is an apparent value of elastic modulus rather than a true value (ASTM D-747)
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stiffness
Ability of an object o resist deformation As a measure of deflection for a positioning stage under load or of a leadscrew under thrust, stiffness is typically expressed in units of micro-inches per pound
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