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TENUITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking intensity or substance
Example:
a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice
Synonyms:
feebleness; tenuity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tenuity" is a kind of...):
weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)
Derivation:
tenuous (lacking substance or significance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rarified quality
Example:
the tenuity of the upper atmosphere
Synonyms:
low density; rarity; tenuity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tenuity" is a kind of...):
denseness; density (the amount per unit size)
Derivation:
tenuous (having thin consistency)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Example:
the thinness of a rope
Synonyms:
slenderness; tenuity; thinness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tenuity" is a kind of...):
dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
Derivation:
tenuous (very thin in gauge or diameter)
