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(noun) a rarified quality: "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" |
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Synonyms: low density, rarity |
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Related Words: denseness, density |
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(noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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Synonyms: feebleness |
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Related Words: weakness |
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(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width: "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" |
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Synonyms: slenderness, thinness |
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Related Words: dimension |
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