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tenuity

[tuh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-, te-]

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noun

the state of being tenuous.

thinness of consistency; rarefied condition.

Origin of tenuity

1525–35; < Latin tenuitās thinness, equivalent to tenui(s) (see tenuis) + -tās -ty²

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for tenuity

tenderness, subtlety, lightness, elegance, fragility, delicacy, inadequacy, rarity, scantiness, emaciation, meagerness, fineness, shallowness, sparseness, spareness, gauntness, debility, weakness, translucency, infirmity

Examples from the Web for tenuity

Historical Examples of tenuity

The atoms interpenetrate in consequence of their differences of tenuity.
Reincarnation
Th. Pascal
Birch branches are to be preferred on account of their tenuity.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants
R. E. Mathot
The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.
Are the Planets Inhabited?
E. Walter Maunder
It is delicacy mixed with abundance; tenuity supported by generosity.
Delsarte System of Oratory
Various
Air, in every degree of tenuity, refuses to act as a conductor of electricity.
Scientific American Supplement No. 275
Various