rigidification

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *rigēō

Latin rigeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin rigidusder.

Middle English rigide

English rigid

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ficātiō

Old French -ificationbor.

Middle English -ificacioun

English -ification

English rigidification

From rigid + -ification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˌd͡ʒɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ri‧gid‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion

Noun

rigidification (plural rigidifications)

1. (uncountable) The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
   • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish):

     This early rigidification and satisfaction with his own conclusions made him insensitive to new political and philosophical ideas.

2. (geometry) A form of isomorphism applied between line bundles.