stingums

From stings (“rigid, stiff, numb”) +‎ -ums, or from sting(t) (“to harden, to stiffen”) +‎ -ums.

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stingums m (1st declension)

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
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
(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
(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 koeficients ― rigidity coefficient

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