Stiffness

For other uses, see Stiff (disambiguation).

Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force.

The inverse of stiffness is flexibility or pliability: the more flexible an object is, the less stiff it is. Other terms with similar meanings are compliance and elasticity.

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