In any case, the analysis of the rigid body motion begins with the point force model.

Thus, a rigid body free to move in space is said to have six degrees of freedom.

A change in the position of a rigid body is more complicated to describe.

This is when the inclusion moves as a rigid body.

If it does, the more rigid body structure will be partly responsible.

A dead and rigid body would be a cinch for them.

The tension went out of her rigid body and she slumped in the chair.

In general, when a rigid body moves, both its position and orientation vary with time.

In a rigid body, the centre of mass is always in the same place.

He moved it quickly up her side, holding her rigid body against him.

The attitude of a satellite or any rigid body is its orientation in space.

Handling is much improved, thanks to suspension changes and a more rigid body structure.

The rigid body is likely to offer occupant protection in a crash.

He saw the pilot, standing with staring brown eyes, white face, and rigid body, facing one of the great windows.

Note that we need to know a reference to fix the rigid body rotation.

The theory was based on a perfectly rigid body, but Earth is slightly elastic.

He could see it because his rigid body was relaxing from its cramped terror.

A force on an extended rigid body is a sliding vector.

Mitch could feel anger vibrating out from the rigid body.

As a result, the two men proceeded down the street, bearing with them the rigid body of a wooden Indian.

This is true only for some very special cases e.g. rigid body constraints.

A torque results from equal, and opposite forces, acting on two different points of a rigid body.

If the elements meet again, they will behave as two different rigid bodies that have now contacted each other.

The girl's small rigid body was in the full throes of convulsion.

This equation is often combined with Acceleration of two points fixed on a rigid body.