te·nu·ity /tɛˈnuəti, tə, ˈnju-/
纖細,薄,稀薄,微弱,貧乏
Te·nu·i·ty n.
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.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.]
4. Refinement; delicacy.
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tenuity
n 1: relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to
its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the
thinness of a rope" [syn: thinness, slenderness]
[ant: thickness]
2: the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet
sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: feebleness]
3: a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
[syn: rarity, low density]