TENUITY

feebleness, tenuity

(noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance; “a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice”- Nathaniel Hawthorne

rarity, tenuity, low density

(noun) a rarified quality; “the tenuity of the upper atmosphere”

thinness, tenuity, slenderness

(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; “the tenuity of a hair”; “the thinness of a rope”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tenuity (usually uncountable, plural tenuities)

Thinness, slenderness.

Meagreness, paucity.

Source: Wiktionary

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Te*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]

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. Bacon.

3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.

4. Refinement; delicacy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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