Stiffness
Resistance to deformation in response to force / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For pain and/or loss of range of motion of a joint, see joint stiffness. For the term regarding the stability of a differential equation, see stiff equation.
"Flexibility" redirects here. For other uses, see Flexibility (disambiguation).
Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force.[1]
The complementary concept is flexibility or pliability: the more flexible an object is, the less stiff it is.[2]