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tenuity

noun

1 tenuity

Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width:
— The tenuity of a hair.

synonyms: slenderness, thinness.

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Polish: cienkość

2 tenuity

A rarified quality:
— The tenuity of the upper atmosphere.

synonyms: low density, rarity.

Roget 322: rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity etc. 321; subtility; subtilty, subtlety; sponginess, compressibility.    rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, ... show more

3 tenuity

The quality of lacking intensity or substance:
— A shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice.

synonym: feebleness.


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