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 te·nu·ity /tɛˈnuəti, tə, ˈnju-/
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 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]