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stingums

stingums

Latvian

Noun

stingums m (1st declension)

  1. rigidity (the state or quality of that which is rigid, has become rigid)
    masas stinguma pakāpe ― the degree of rigidity of a mass
    vielas stinguma stāvoklis ― the state of rigidity of a substance
  2. rigidity, stiffness, numbness (the quality of that which is rigid, stiff, numb, also figuratively)
    muskuļu stingums ― muscular rigidity, stiffness, numbness
    augu stingums ziemā ― the rigidity, stiffness of plants in winter
    nāves stingums ― the stiffness of death (rigor mortis)
    skatiena stingums ― the rigidity, rigidity of the look, stare
    Merkmaņa žesti, seja, poza, viss pauda dīvanu stingumu ― Merkmanis' gestures, face, posture, everything expressed a strange stiffness, rigidity
    pēc pārciestā satraukuma viņa ķermeni pārņēma truls stingums ― after enduring anxiety, his body was overtaken by a dull rigidity, numbness
  3. (physics) rigidity (physical quantity that describes a body's degree of resistance to deformation)
    materiāla stingums ― material rigidity
    stieņa stingums ― the rigidity of a bar, rod
    atsperes stingums ― the rigidity of a spring
  4. (technology) rigidity (the quality of a system the parts of which cannot displace each other)
    konstrukcijas stingums ― structural rigidity
    režģa stingums ― grid, lattice rigidity
    stinguma koeficientsrigidity coefficient

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