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rigidification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˌd͡ʒɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rigidusder. Middle English rigide English rigid Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English rigidification From rigid + -ification.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The process of becoming rigid, stiff or inflexible; of rigidifying.
   • This early rigidification and satisfaction with his own conclusions made him insensitive to new political and philosophical ideas. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35:
2. A form of isomorphism applied between line bundles.

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