TENACITY
\tɛnˈasɪti], \tɛnˈasɪti], \t_ɛ_n_ˈa_s_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of TENACITY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
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The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
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That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; - as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
By Oddity Software
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That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
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The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
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That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; - as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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The state or quality of being able or inclined to hold fast; as, tenacity of memory or purpose; stickiness; toughness, as of metal.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Quality of being tenacious; retentiveness; adhesiveness;- that quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; toughness.
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