HARDNESS
\hˈɑːdnəs], \hˈɑːdnəs], \h_ˈɑː_d_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of HARDNESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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devoid of passion or feeling
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excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
By Princeton University
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devoid of passion or feeling
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excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
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The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.
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The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
By Oddity Software
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The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
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The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.
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The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Power of resistance in bodies; difficulty to be understood; difficulty to be accomplished; scarcity, penury; obscurity, prosligateness; coarseness,harshness of look; keenness, vehemence of weather or seasons; cruelty of temper, savageness, harshness; faulty parsimony, stinginess.
By Thomas Sheridan