stiffness

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Stiffness and extensibility -- how far a material can stretch or expand without breaking -- are linked because they originate from the same building block: the polymer strands connected by crosslinks.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

Stiffness aside, “Boom Boom Pow” was better, as was the relentless “I Gotta Feeling,” which opened and closed the set.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2011

Stiffness could not exist under such conditions, and the grave scientists unbent from their dignity, and jested and made merry like a lot of school-boys.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster

Stiffness of joint, or tension of muscles, whether recognized or not, must first be done-380- away with before "the body can be molded to the expression of high thought."

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

Stiffness seems to me the most reprehensible thing in piano playing, as well as the most common fault with all kinds of players.

From Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Brower, Harriette