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Definition of Tightness
1. Noun. A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
2. Noun. A tight feeling in some part of the body. "Emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
3. Noun. The spatial property of being crowded together.
Generic synonyms: Spacing, Spatial Arrangement
Derivative terms: Concentrate, Dense, Dense, Tight
Antonyms: Distribution
4. Noun. Extreme stinginess.
Generic synonyms: Stinginess
Specialized synonyms: Littleness, Pettiness, Smallness, Miserliness
Derivative terms: Close, Mean, Mean, Mingy, Niggardly, Parsimonious, Parsimonious, Tightfisted, Tight
5. Noun. Lack of movement or room for movement.
Generic synonyms: Immovability, Immovableness
Derivative terms: Taut, Tight
Antonyms: Looseness
Definition of Tightness
1. n. The quality or condition of being tight.
Definition of Tightness
1. Noun. The quality or degree of being tight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tightness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightness
Literary usage of Tightness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years, 1999-2008 edited by Sherry Snyder (1998)
"Inflation and tightness in the Product and Labor Markets Percent Product Market
... The GDP gap indicates the degree of tightness in product markets. ..."
2. Rudimentary Treatise on Marine Engines and Steam Vessels: Together with by Robert Murray (1858)
"The following method of ascertaining the tightness of the different parts of ...
The tightness of the faces of D and other valves may be tested by shutting ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1833)
"The tightness of the chest and difficulty of breathing, though sufficiently
distressing, have seldom been very urgent ; but on two occasions they rose to ..."
4. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The increase in water-tightness and the durability of thin reinforced concrete pipe
... Tests of Water-tightness of Reinforced Concrete Pipe on the Umatilla ..."
5. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The increase in water-tightness and the durability of thin reinforced concrete pipe
... Tests of Water-tightness of Reinforced Concrete Pipe on the Umatilla ..."
6. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"Test of tightness of Concrete Lining. A very interesting test was made on the
Wallkill siphon to ascertain the tightness of the concrete lining against ..."
7. The Design of Walls, Bins, and Grain Elevators by Milo Smith Ketchum (1911)
"WATER-tightness. — Concrete under ordinary conditions is permeable to water, but
may be rendered water-tight in several different ways: (1) Use such ..."