Look up: tenacity

1. tenacity
   firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on 
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2. tenacity
   this relates to the cohesiveness of both minerals and rocks.
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3. Tenacity
   The property of a deposit or residue to resist removal by weathering or other physical action.
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4. tenacity
   [Noun] When someone does not give up easily.
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5. Tenacity
   Related to fracture. It refers to the way that minerals react to shock, crushing, cutting and bending. Can be described as Sectile, Malleable, Flexible, Elastic and Brittle.
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6. Tenacity
   The tensile stress expressed as force per unit Linear Density of an unstrained specimen.
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7. tenacity
   the breaking force divided by the titre Category: Chemistry • the resistance of sprays of dusts to removal from the vines by rain or wind Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the breaking load per unit resultant linear density of the unstr...
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8. Tenacity
   Te·nac'i·ty noun [ Latin tenacitas : confer French ténacité . See Tenacious .] 1. The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity , or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity , or persistency, of purpose....
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9. tenacity
   1. The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose. ... 2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, m...
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10. Tenacity
    • (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc. • (n.) That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity. &b...
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11. tenacity
    (from the article `mineral`) Several mineral properties that depend on the cohesive force between atoms (and ions) in mineral structures are grouped under tenacity. A mineral`s ...
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12. tenacity
    tenacity 1. Holding firmly, persistent. 2. The quality of retaining what is held, physically or mentally; firmness of hold or attachment; firmness of purpose, persistence, obstinacy.
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13. tenacity
    tenacious, tenacity Holding firmly; that which holds together strongly; cohesive; tough.
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14. Tenacity
    Tenacity refers to the ability of a substance to resist being separated.
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15. tenacity
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tĕ-nas′i-tē Definitions: 1. the character or property of holding fast.
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16. Tenacity
    Tenacity is the customary measure of strength of a fiber or yarn. In the U.S. it is usually defined as the ultimate (breaking) strength of the fiber (in gram-force units) divided by the denier. Because denier is a measure of the linear density, the tenacity works out to be not a measure of force pe...
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17. Tenacity
    [mineralogy] In mineralogy, Tenacity is a mineral`s physical reaction to stressful forces acting upon it. These forces may include, but are not limited to: breaking, tearing, crushing, or bending. ==Background== A mineral`s tenacity is generally classified into several categories and subcate...
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