Therefore, the base (the thinnest part) has a greater stiffness than the apex.

Conversely, this very argument calls the claim of aluminum frames having greater vertical stiffness into question.

He was losing all sense of it beyond a great stiffness of the neck.

Depending on the product application greater stiffness, chemical and/or thermal stability may be desirable.

With an effort he forced his body, his mind, into greater stiffness.

He sat down very slowly and painstakingly, what of his great stiffness.

Pains characteristically shoot from the site of injury and often there is great stiffness.

Tube size and shape: all else being equal, for a given material, larger tubes yield greater stiffness.

"Sir, I am no petty noble," the baron answered with great stiffness.

All these changes, especially the greater stiffness, make the M Coupe behave more predictably.