TENACITIES
Noun
tenacities
plural of tenacity
Source: Wiktionary
TENACITY
Te*nac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tenacitas: cf. F. ténacité. See Tenacious.]
1. The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or
retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without
considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as
distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
3. That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies;
adhesiveness; viscosity. Holland.
4. (Physics)
Definition: The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without
tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area
of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per
square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce
rupture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition