rigidifies's Usage Examples:

membrane proteins are crosslinked via disulfide remodeling; the structure rigidifies and becomes impermeable to water but remains gas permeable.

technical complexity (also Picard-Lefschetz theory can be used here), (2) rigidifies the curves so that there are no infinitesimal automorphisms of the moduli.

easily applying the freshly shaken mixture to give a film that quickly rigidifies.

myosin (actomyosin) into a contractile homogeneous cell cortex that 1) rigidifies the cell periphery and 2) facilitates generation of intracellular hydrostatic.

group PGL ( 2 , Z ) {\displaystyle {\text{PGL}}(2,\mathbb {Z} )} , which rigidifies once three points on P 1 {\displaystyle \mathbb {P} ^{1}} are fixed, so.

Synonyms:

petrify; stiffen; ossify;

Antonyms:

relax; enliven; stay; loosen;