tenacity

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The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, – usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture
The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; – as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc
The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity
The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose

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{n} stiffness in opinion, adherence
a unit used to measure the strength of a fibre or yarn, usually calculated by dividing the breaking force by the linear density
Refers to the evaporation rate and the ability to hold a fragrance together
persistent determination
{i} clutching, grasping; stubbornness
If you have tenacity, you are very determined and do not give up easily. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture
That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc
That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc
The tensile stress expressed as force per unit linear density of an unstrained specimen
the property of a deposit or residue to resist removal by weathering or other physical action
term which implies the relative strength of a textile fiber, expressed in grams of breaking force per denier unit
That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity
Tenacity applies to textiles
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture
Mineral identification term; describes the resistance of minerals to breakage
The specific strength of a sample is the breaking load to linear density
tenacity
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