stingrība

== Latvian == === Etymology === From stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”) +‎ -ība. === Pronunciation === === Noun === stingrība f (4th declension) (of ideas, norms, principles, actions, or the people who espouse them) firmness, strictness, severity, rigor uzskatu stingrība ― strictness of opinions režīma stingrība ― the strictness of the regime šāda pieeja stipri paplašināja loģikas metožu iespējas un palielināja to stingrības pakāpi ― this approach (to mathematics) greatly expanded the possibilities of the methods of logics and increased their rigor viņa gandrīz arvien izvirza pret visu negaidīti augstas prasības; tā bija vēl naiva, pārspīlēta stingrība ― she almost always placed unexpectedly high demands on everything; this was a naive, exaggerated strictness, severity Klintai aizvien patikusi Olava mātes lietišķā stingrība: tai pakļaujas kalpi un zirgi ― Klinta liked more and more Olavs' mother's matter-of-fact strictness: the servants and horses obeyed her (of material objects) firmness, rigidity, strength (capacity of resisting mechanical forces without harm) konstrukcijas stingrība ― firmness of design atsperes stingrība ― the rigidity of the spring (of living beings, their bodies) firmness, strength, sturdiness muskuļu stingrība ― muscular firmness, strength (of actions) firmness, strength, intensity soļu stingrība ― the firmness of the steps ==== Usage notes ==== Stingrība usually refers to abstractions ("strictness", "rigour") while stingrums tends to refer to concrete things ("firmness", "rigidity"), though there is some overlap in their uses. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== stingrums stingrs, stings stingt