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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The natives, as a rule, estimate the value and symmetry of this stone by the brilliancy and tenuity of the beam which it emits, and the clear olive-coloured ground upon which it shines in relief.
By this contrivance the roving is drawn out into a thread of the desired degree of tenuity and hardness.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
If this be so, the action of the Himalayas must be counteracted by subterranean tenuity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
What is it for a man to set his thoughts on sublunary things but, as it were, a tenuity of mind?
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
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