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SPRINGINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does springiness mean?
• SPRINGINESS (noun)
The noun SPRINGINESS has 1 sense:
1. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Familiarity information: SPRINGINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("springiness" is a kind of...):
elasticity; snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed)
Derivation:
springy (elastic; rebounds readily)
Context examples
The cat-like springiness in his tread was a little more pronounced than usual, and his eyes were bright and snappy.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
About his body there was a peculiar springiness, or resiliency, almost catlike, and a quick alertness as of one who lived in perpetual fear of things seen and unseen.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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