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STIFFNESS

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stiffness substantiv

1. rigiditate.

2. asprime, duritate.

3. fermitate; hotărâre; severitate.

4. (fig.) tenacitate.

5. (fig.) constrângere, silă.

6. încordare (a unei coarde).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The machine goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has lost a little of its force.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To fully understand how brain softness and stiffness influences cell behavior, the researchers investigated Piezo1 – a protein found on the cell surface, which informs the cell whether the surrounding environment is soft or stiff.

(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)

Symptoms in the affected area are: • Dramatic changes in skin temperature, color, or texture • Intense burning pain • Extreme skin sensitivity • Swelling and stiffness in affected joints • Decreased ability to move the affected body part

(Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

I noticed how her eye lighted on me, when she thought my attention otherwise occupied; and what a curious process of hesitation appeared to be going on within her, while she preserved her outward stiffness and composure.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"She took it out a minute ago, and went off with it to put a ribbon on it, or some such notion," replied Jo, dancing about the room to take the first stiffness off the new army slippers.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"I don't mean to be baffled by a little stiffness on your part; I'm prepared to go to considerable lengths." I continued, "You observed it closely and distinctly; but I have no objection to your looking at it again," and I rose and placed it in his hand.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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