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Definition of Hairbreadths
1. hairbreadth [n] - See also: hairbreadth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairbreadths
Literary usage of Hairbreadths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"They " crib causation by hairbreadths, to put it out at compound interest through
all time, and then disown the debt." Mr. Martineau adds,— "It is an equal ..."
2. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"... I depressed the lens a few hairbreadths. The wondrous illumination still
continued, but as the lens approached the object a ..."
3. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century by Agnes Mary Clerke (1893)
"It-is a science of hairbreadths and fractions of a second. It exists only by the
rigid enforcement of arduous accuracy and unwearying diligence. ..."
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