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 and elastic strength are more dependent upon the quality of the wood fibre than upon defects in the beam.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

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

Stiffness is a mild way of expressing the rigidity of the Vicar’s person.

From The New Mistress A Tale by Fenn, George Manville