TENUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenuity mean? 

• TENUITY (noun)
  The noun TENUITY has 3 senses:

1. relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

2. a rarified quality

3. the quality of lacking intensity or substance

  Familiarity information: TENUITY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENUITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

slenderness; tenuity; thinness

Context example:

the thinness of a rope

Hypernyms ("tenuity" is a kind of...):

dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))

Derivation:

tenuous (very thin in gauge or diameter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A rarified quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

low density; rarity; tenuity

Context example:

the tenuity of the upper atmosphere

Hypernyms ("tenuity" is a kind of...):

denseness; density (the amount per unit size)

Derivation:

tenuous (having thin consistency)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of lacking intensity or substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

feebleness; tenuity

Context example:

a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice

Hypernyms ("tenuity" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Derivation:

tenuous (lacking substance or significance)