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tenuity

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[tuh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-, te-] / təˈnu ɪ ti, -ˈnyu-, tɛ- /

noun

  1. the state of being tenuous.

  2. slenderness.

  3. thinness of consistency; rarefied condition.

Etymology

Origin of tenuity

1525–35; < Latin tenuitās thinness, equivalent to tenui ( s ) ( see tenuis) + -tās -ty 2

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Tenuity, te-nū′i-ti, n. thinness: smallness of diameter: slenderness: rarity.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

This I suppose from the Tenuity of the Air on the top of the Mountain Tenera, where 'tis said none can inhabit on that account.

From A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country by Brunt, Captain Samuel

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