stingrība

From stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”) +‎ -ība.

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stingrība f (4th declension)

1. (of ideas, norms, principles, actions, or the people who espouse them) firmness, strictness, severity, rigor

   uzskatu stingrība ― strictness of opinions

   režīma stingrība ― the strictness of the regime

   šāda pieeja stipri paplašināja loģikas metožu iespējas un palielināja to stingrības pakāpi ― this approach (to mathematics) greatly expanded the possibilities of the methods of logics and increased their rigor

   viņa gandrīz arvien izvirza pret visu negaidīti augstas prasības; tā bija vēl naiva, pārspīlēta stingrība ― she almost always placed unexpectedly high demands on everything; this was a naive, exaggerated strictness, severity

   Klintai aizvien patikusi Olava mātes lietišķā stingrība: tai pakļaujas kalpi un zirgi ― Klinta liked more and more Olavs' mother's matter-of-fact strictness: the servants and horses obeyed her

2. (of material objects) firmness, rigidity, strength (capacity of resisting mechanical forces without harm)

   konstrukcijas stingrība ― firmness of design

   atsperes stingrība ― the rigidity of the spring

3. (of living beings, their bodies) firmness, strength, sturdiness

   muskuļu stingrība ― muscular firmness, strength

4. (of actions) firmness, strength, intensity

   soļu stingrība ― the firmness of the steps

Stingrība usually refers to abstractions ("strictness", "rigour") while stingrums tends to refer to concrete things ("firmness", "rigidity"), though there is some overlap in their uses.

• stingrums
• stingrs, stings
• stingt