Rigor (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
  2. the full or extreme severity of laws, rules, etc.
  3. severity of living conditions; hardship; austerity: the rigor of wartime existence.
  4. a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc.
  5. scrupulous or inflexible accuracy or adherence: the logical rigor of mathematics.
  6. severity of weather or climate or an instance of this: the rigors of winter.
  7. a sudden coldness, as that preceding certain fevers; chill.
  8. a state of rigidity in muscle tissues during which they are unable to respond to stimuli due to the coagulation of muscle protein.
  9. stiffness or rigidity.
noun
  1. a sudden feeling of chilliness, often accompanied by shivering: it sometimes precedes a fever
  2. rigidity of a muscle; muscular cramp
  3. a state of rigidity assumed by some animals in reaction to sudden shock
  4. the inertia assumed by some plants in conditions unfavourable to growth
Rigor (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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