1 the quality of being firm, hard, or unable to bend -- 劲度；刚硬
the stiffness of her muscles 她肌肉的结实程度
2 the quality of being very severe, strong, or difficult -- 严重；艰难
Everyone was surprised at the stiffness of the sentence/punishment/penalty/sanctions. 每个人都对判决／惩罚／处罚／制裁之重感到吃惊。
More potential is also achievable by recognising that there are m free variable joint stiffnesses in equation (7).
The clinical significance of the increased pulmonary arterial stiffness in the absence of stenosis remains to be clarified.
The main characteristics and advantages, with respect to open-chain manipulators, are recognized as greater stiffness, better accuracy and larger payload.
The stiffness of the virtual springs is determined using the structural properties of the flexible links as shown in reference [20].
In order to obtain the maximum global stiffness, seven architecture parameters will be considered as optimization variables, for a certain configuration.
Application of genetic algorithms to stiffness optimization of laminated composite plates with stress-concentrated open holes.
Moreover, the stiffness of each leg is improved due to the presence of the circular guide.
The main clinical features are muscle stiffness, cramps and twitching (myokymia), which may be localized or generalized.
