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English Dictionary: tenuity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tenuity n relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" Synonym(s): thinness, tenuity, slenderness Antonym(s): thickness a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" Synonym(s): rarity, tenuity, low density the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Synonym(s): feebleness, tenuity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenuity \Tenu"ity\, n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. t[82]nuit[82]. 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.