tenuity
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Origin of tenuity
1525–35; < Latin tenuitās thinness, equivalent to tenui ( s ) ( see tenuis) + -tās -ty 2
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How can we imagine such powerful resilience combined with such extreme tenuity?
From Through Nature to God by John Fiske
The chief principle of the water-frame was the drawing out of the yarn to the required degree of tenuity by sets of gripping rollers revolving at different speeds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
An example of different degrees of purity will be found in washes of water-colours of different tenuity.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by W. de W. Abney
If the figure about "cups which cheer but not inebriate" had not been worn to the finest tenuity, I might at once give it, here, application and illustration.
From Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. by Dr. John Doran
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