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English Dictionary: tenuous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tenuous adj having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid" very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" Synonym(s): flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenuous \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tenuis}.] 1. Thin; slender; small; minute. 2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.