Meaning of TENUITY
| Pronunciation: | | ti'nyooitee
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- [n] a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
- [n] the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- [n] relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
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| | Synonyms: | | feebleness, low density, rarity, slenderness, thinness |
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| | Antonyms: | | thickness | | |
| | See Also: | | denseness, density, dimension, weakness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Te*nu"i*ty\, n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F.
t['e]nuit['e]. See {Tenuous}.]
1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied
to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything
that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a
hair.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity
of the air; the tenuity of the blood. --Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] --Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
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