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hardness definition

hardness


 
  Grep  of  noun  hardness 
  hardness 
 
  Overview  of  noun  hardness 
 
  The  noun  hardness  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  hardness  --  (the  property  of  being  rigid  and  resistant  to  pressure;  not  easily  scratched;  measured  on  Mohs  scale) 
  2.  unfeelingness,  callousness,  hardness,  insensibility  --  (devoid  of  passion  or  feeling) 
  3.  hardness  --  (the  quality  of  being  difficult  to  do  "he  assigned  a  series  of  problems  of  increasing  hardness") 
  4.  severity,  harshness,  rigor,  rigour,  inclemency,  hardness,  stiffness  --  (excessive  sternness;  "severity  of  character";  "the  harshness  of  his  punishment  was  inhuman";  "the  rigors  of  boot  camp") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  hardness 
 
  The  noun  hardness  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  hardness  --  (the  property  of  being  rigid  and  resistant  to  pressure;  not  easily  scratched;  measured  on  Mohs  scale) 
  2.  unfeelingness,  callousness,  hardness,  insensibility  --  (devoid  of  passion  or  feeling) 
  3.  hardness  --  (the  quality  of  being  difficult  to  do  "he  assigned  a  series  of  problems  of  increasing  hardness") 
  4.  severity,  harshness,  rigor,  rigour,  inclemency,  hardness,  stiffness  --  (excessive  sternness;  "severity  of  character";  "the  harshness  of  his  punishment  was  inhuman";  "the  rigors  of  boot  camp") 



hardness definition