01 n. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenui…
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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.
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2.
Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
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3.
Poverty; indigence.[Obs.]
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4.
Refinement; delicacy.