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Definition of Stretchiness
1. Noun. The capacity for being stretched.
Generic synonyms: Elasticity, Snap
Derivative terms: Stretch, Stretchy, Stretchable, Stretchy
Definition of Stretchiness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being stretchy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stretchiness
Literary usage of Stretchiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills (1922)
"At the same time the " stretchiness " of the yarn or fabric is very much reduced,
and the finished goods absorb dopes and dyes with much greater avidity. ..."
2. A Young Scholar's Letters: Being a Memoir of Byron Caldwell Smith by Byron Caldwell Smith, Day Otis Kellogg (1897)
"It took me with a fever and trembling, a stretchiness of the limbs, etc. At night
I was advised to take a strong punch to produce a sweat. ..."
3. A Young Scholar's Letters: Being a Memoir of Byron Caldwell Smith by Byron Caldwell Smith, Day Otis Kellogg (1897)
"It took me with a fever and trembling, a stretchiness of the limbs, etc. At night
I was advised to take a strong punch to produce a sweat. ..."
4. Snyder County Annals: A Collection of All Kinds of Historical Items by George Washington Wagenseller, Clara R. Winey (1919)
""It sure was," replied a bystander "but for true downright elastic stretchiness
it didn't come up to Johnny Cappy's potpie." "How was that? ..."
5. The Manufacture of Boots and Shoes: Being a Modern Treatise of All the by F. Y. GOLDING (1902)
"... the " give " or stretchiness, and the mode of lasting. It is averaged at ^ in.
The pattern may be completed as illustrated by Fig. 114. ..."
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