firmness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: firmness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for firmness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firmness n the muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness" Synonym(s): firmness, soundness Antonym(s): unsoundness the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" Synonym(s): resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution Antonym(s): irresoluteness, irresolution the property of being unyielding to the touch the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place Synonym(s): steadiness, firmness Antonym(s): ricketiness, unsteadiness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firmness \Firm"ness\, n. The state or quality of being firm. Syn: {Firmness}, {Constancy}. Usage: Firmness belongs to the will, and constancy to the affections and principles; the former prevents us from yielding, and the latter from fluctuating. Without firmness a man has no character; [bd]without constancy,[b8] says Addison, [bd]there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.[b8]