Definitions for tenuity

tenuity te·nu·i·ty

Spelling: [tuh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-, te-]
IPA: /təˈnu ɪ ti, -ˈnyu-, tɛ-/

Tenuity is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in tenuity (einttuy).

Definitions for tenuity

noun

  1. the state of being tenuous.
  2. slenderness.
  3. thinness of consistency; rarefied condition.

Origin of tenuity

1525-35; Latin tenuitās thinness, equivalent to tenui(s) (see tenuis) + -tās -ty2

Examples for tenuity

By this contrivance the roving is drawn out into a thread of the desired degree of tenuity and hardness.

They exist, of course, in varying degrees of tenuity and intensity and answer to a wide range of vibrations.

The first thing that arrests our attention in these creatures is the extreme delicacy and tenuity of their substance.

It may be condensed to any extent by pressure, or expanded to an infinite degree of tenuity by pressure being removed from it.

The atoms interpenetrate in consequence of their differences of tenuity.

When taken in connection with its tenuity, these features show a highly developed potter's technique.

Air, in every degree of tenuity, refuses to act as a conductor of electricity.

The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.

Birch branches are to be preferred on account of their tenuity.

It is delicacy mixed with abundance; tenuity supported by generosity.

Word Value for tenuity
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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