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Definition of Tenuity
1. Noun. Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. "The thinness of a rope"
Generic synonyms: Dimension
Derivative terms: Slender, Slender, Tenuous, Thin
Antonyms: Thickness
2. Noun. A rarified quality. "The tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
Generic synonyms: Denseness, Density
Derivative terms: Rare, Tenuous
3. Noun. The quality of lacking intensity or substance. "A shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"
Definition of Tenuity
1. n. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
Definition of Tenuity
1. Noun. Thinness, slenderness. ¹
2. Noun. Meagreness, paucity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenuity
1. lack of substance or strength [n -ITIES]
Medical Definition of Tenuity
1. 1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair. 2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. 3. Poverty; indigence. 4. Refinement; delicacy. Origin: L. Tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. Tenuite. See Tenuous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenuity
Literary usage of Tenuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"PROBLEM L1X. the supposition of what we have before shown, in regard i the tenuity
of the particles of light, and their great ..."
2. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"On the supposition of what we have before shown, in regard to the tenuity of the
particles of light, and their great velocity; what loss of its substance ..."
3. Elements of Mechanical Philosophy: For the Use of the Junior Students of the by William Barton Rogers (1852)
"OF THE tenuity OR DIVISIBILITY OF MATTER. — Mention has already been made of the
great extent to which the subdivision of matter can be carried by ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... supposed to be in them, or ebe of the tenuity and subtlety of their bodies or
vehicles. For this account does Psellus give hereof:* Kal ..."
5. Illustrations of Mechanics by Henry Moseley (1848)
"What then must be the tenuity of the component fibres of the spider's thread, of
which more than 1000 spring from the head of each teat? ..."
6. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1803)
"On the supposition of what we have before in regard to the tenuity of the particles
of light, and their great velocity; what loss of its substance may the ..."
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