tenuity
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Origin of tenuity
1525–35; < Latin tenuitās thinness, equivalent to tenui ( s ) ( see tenuis) + -tās -ty 2
Example Sentences
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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
In practice the average degree of tenuity to which the gold is reduced is not nearly so great as the last example quoted above.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
This tenuity is shown by the fact that stars were seen through the tail “as if the tail did not exist.”
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
To speak philosophically, there is continuity and correspondence; but spirit and matter are not degrees of the same substance, differing only in tenuity, as is commonly supposed.
From In Both Worlds by William Henry Holcombe
The travelling organs, moreover, increase in size in proportion to the tenuity of the fluid to be acted upon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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