stingums

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

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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 koeficients ― rigidity coefficient

• stingt
• stings, stingrs