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Webster 1913 Edition
Tenacity
1.
The quality or state of being tenacious;
as,
. tenacity
, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity
, or persistency, of purpose2.
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.
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4.
(Physics)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tenacity
TENAC'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Adhesiveness; that quality of bodies which makes them stick or adhere to others; glutinousness; stickiness; as the tenacity of oils, of glue, of tar, of starch and the like.2.
That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting; without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; opposed to brittleness or fragility.Definition 2024
tenacity
tenacity
English
Noun
tenacity (countable and uncountable, plural tenacities)
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- 2009, Jorge Cham, PHD Comics: Softball: younger and faster:
- — Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have something they’ll never have!
- — Tenure?
- — Tenacity!
- 2009, Jorge Cham, PHD Comics: Softball: younger and faster:
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- the effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- (physics) 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.
Synonyms
- (state of being tenacious): tenaciousness, determination, persistency, retentiveness
- (quality keeping bodies together): cohesiveness
- (quality making bodies adhere): adhesiveness, viscosity
Antonyms
- (quality keeping bodies together): brittleness, fragility, mobility
Translations
quality or state of being tenacious
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quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force
quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies
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greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder
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