hardness
noun
the state or quality of being hard.
hardnesses
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pluralof hardness.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mineral lattices have important implications for mineral properties, as exemplified by the relative hardnesses of diamond and graphite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Let us give the name of 'sense-data' to the things that are immediately known in sensation: such things as colours, sounds, smells, hardnesses, roughnesses, and so on.
From The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
She told it in her own way with characteristic blindnesses and hardnesses, but the truth of it was this.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Footnote 9: For table of hardnesses of different woods, see Sargent, Jesup Collection, pp.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
She had her full share of difficulties, hardnesses, disappointments, and physical weakness; but, whatever her feelings were, she rose above them, and went on with her work.
From The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" by Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
