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tenuity

 
Dictionary: te·nu·i·ty   (tĕ-nū'ĭ-tē, -nyū'-) pronunciation
n.
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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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
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - finhed, tyndhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwakheid

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 얄팍함, 희박

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 薄いこと, 希薄

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضعف, نحول, رقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דקות, עדינות, דלילות‬


 
 
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