单词 | tenuity |
释义 | tenuity (once / 28142 pages) n WORD FAMILY tenuity: tenuities+/tenuous: tenuity, tenuously USAGE EXAMPLESThis tenuity is shown by the fact that stars were seen through the tail “as if the tail did not exist.” Gore, J. Ellard, Astronomical Curiosities—Facts and...(2012) Feeble constitution and muscular tenuity; unsound health from whatever cause; indications of former disease; glandular swellings, or other symptoms of scrofula. Various, Guide to West Point, and the U.S. M...(2012) The sublime tenuities of Henry James, like the black music of Michael Artzibashef, are questions largely temperamental. Huneker, James, Unicorns(2012) 1n relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width the tenuity of a hair Syn|Ant|Hyper slenderness, thinness thickness the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width dimension the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) 2n the quality of lacking intensity or substance "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Syn|Hyper feebleness weakness the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain 3n a rarified quality the tenuity of the upper atmosphere Syn|Hyper low density, rarity denseness, density the amount per unit size |
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