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Definition of Fastness
1. Noun. A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens. "The project advanced with gratifying speed"
Generic synonyms: Pace, Rate
Specialized synonyms: Haste, Hastiness, Hurriedness, Hurry, Precipitation, Execution Speed, Graduality, Gradualness
Attributes: Fast, Slow
Derivative terms: Fast, Fast, Fast, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speedy, Swift
2. Noun. The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment.
Generic synonyms: Immovability, Immovableness
Specialized synonyms: Lodgement, Lodging, Lodgment
Derivative terms: Fast, Fixed, Fixed, Fixed, Fixed, Fix, Secure
Antonyms: Looseness
3. Noun. A strongly fortified defensive structure.
Specialized synonyms: Bastion, Citadel, Blockhouse, Hold, Donjon, Dungeon, Keep, Redoubt
Generic synonyms: Defence, Defense, Defensive Structure
Definition of Fastness
1. n. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.
Definition of Fastness
1. Noun. A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being fast. ¹
3. Noun. The ability of a dye to withstand fading. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fastness
1. the quality of being fast [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Fastness
1. The state of tolerance exhibited by bacteria to a drug or other agent. See: fast. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastness
Literary usage of Fastness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The chromium salts exert the greatest influence in increasing the fastness to
washing, and the copper salt in regard to the fastness to light. 3. ..."
2. Laboratory Manual of Dyeing and Textile Chemistry by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1909)
"fastness to Coloring. — Cotton pieces containing white and dyed yarns woven together
... fastness to Crocking or Rubbing. —• By this is meant that the dyed ..."
3. Textiles and Clothing by Ellen Beers McGowan, Charlotte Augusta Waite, A. (1919)
"fastness to washing. — (a) Wash the sample of dyed or printed goods in pure water.
... fastness to rubbing or crocking. — This is a test for coat collars, ..."
4. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"fastness of color, a relative term.—Absolute fastness of color is not a possibility
in textile manufacture. All that can be done is to produce colorings ..."
5. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"The degrees of fastness with respect to cotton in this test are : I ...
fastness against water. This test is carried out as with dyed cotton fabrics, ..."
6. The Technical Testing of Yarns and Textile Fabrics by Jacob Herzfeld, David Thomas Nisbet (1920)
"TESTING THE fastness OF THE DYE. The demands made on the permanence or " fastness "
of dyes are manifold. Since, however, absolute permanence is ..."
7. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving (1849)
"A wild fastness among hills.—Mountain mutton.—Peace and plenty. ... As the Indians
had represented, they were now in a natural fastness of the mountains, ..."
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