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hardness definition
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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