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单词 tenuity
释义 te·nu·i·ty
\teˈn(y)üəd.ē, tə̇ˈn-, -üətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin tenuitat-, tenuitas, from tenuis thin, slight + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : lack of substance : meagerness, poverty
 < as far as the tenuity of my understanding would hold out — Laurence Sterne >
2. : lack of thickness : slenderness, thinness
 < the tenuity of a hair >
3. : lack of density : rarefied quality or state : rarity
 < in studying the upper atmospheric region it is helpful to bear in mind its high tenuity — S.K.Mitra >
4. : lack of intensity or vigor : faintness, feebleness
 < speak with a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
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