The quality or condition of being tenuous; lack of thickness, density, or substance.
[Middle English tenuite, from Old French, from Latin tenuitās, thinness, from tenuis, thin. See tenuous.]
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te·nu·i·ty (tĕ-nū'ĭ-tē, -nyū'-) ![]() |
[Middle English tenuite, from Old French, from Latin tenuitās, thinness, from tenuis, thin. See tenuous.]
| WordNet: tenuity |
The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Synonyms: thinness, slenderness
Meaning #2:
the quality of lacking intensity or substance
Synonym: feebleness
Meaning #3:
a rarified quality
Synonyms: rarity, low density
| Translations: Tenuity |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - finhed, tyndhed
Français (French)
n. - fragilité, faiblesse, précarité
Deutsch (German)
n. - Dünnheit, Schlankheit, Dürftigkeit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ισχνότητα, λεπτότητα, (για υγρά και αέρια) αραιότητα, (για επιχειρήματα) σαθρότητα
Italiano (Italian)
sottigliezza, esilità, inconsistenza
Português (Portuguese)
n. - tenuidade (f), rarefação (f), fragilidade (f)
Русский (Russian)
шаткость, слабость (положения кого-л.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - tenuidad, delgadez, pobreza, enrarecimiento
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tunnhet, finhet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
纤细, 贫乏, 稀薄, 平淡
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 纖細, 貧乏, 稀薄, 平淡
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ضعف, نحول, رقه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - דקות, עדינות, דלילות
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