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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tenuous  \Ten"u*ous\,  a.  [L.  tenuis  thin.  See  {Thin},  and  cf 
  {Tenuis}.] 
  1.  Thin;  slender;  small  minute. 
 
  2.  Rare  subtile;  not  dense;  --  said  of  fluids. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tenuous 
  adj  1:  having  little  substance  or  significance;  "a  flimsy  excuse"; 
  "slight  evidence";  "a  tenuous  argument";  "a  thin  plot" 
  [syn:  {flimsy},  {slight},  {thin}] 
  2:  having  thin  consistency;  "a  tenuous  fluid" 
  3:  very  thin  in  gauge  or  diameter;  "fine  hairs";  "a  tenuous 
  thread"  [syn:  {fine}] 




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