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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It is whether the nucleus of a comet is an opaque solid body, a cluster of such bodies, or a mass of particles of extreme tenuity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
That they should be completely transparent through such enormous dimensions shows their extreme tenuity.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
She should have kept her nerves to herself, rasped, as they were to a treacherous tenuity.
From The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur by May Sinclair
With all Shelley’s splendid imagery and colour, I find a sort of tenuity in his poetry.’
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
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