In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay
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
Rigidity sets in, as an extension to resistance, when users simply refuse to take new systems Developers start using phrases like "The specification is frozen We're not accepting any new changes " Another form of this comes across as apathy Users will say "Yeah, whatever" when new systems are planned for deployment
Resistance to manipulation of a limb Cogwheel rigidity, a characteristic of PD, occurs when rigidity is combined with tremor
The magnetic rigidity R of a charged particle is defined as the ratio where ze is the particle charge, p its momentum and c the speed of light The unit normally used is GV
If the limbs of a Parkinson's patient are moved passively, the muscles will often contract involuntarily, causing rigidity This rigidity may be constant or intermittent Intermittent rigidity is called cogwheel rigidity