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
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
That they should be completely transparent through such enormous dimensions shows their extreme tenuity.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
Around the Lamasery rise, numerous and without order, towers or pyramids, slender and tapering, resting generally on huge bases, little in harmony with the tenuity of the constructions they support.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis
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 Colvin, Sidney
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