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[hahrd-nis] / ˈhɑrd nɪs /




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Hardness never was Newton-John’s comfort zone, though, and the 1980s were a much harder decade than the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022

Researchers used unique metrics to determine the time it took for the Lego head to pass: The Stool Hardness and Transit score and the Found and Retrieved Time score .

From Fox News • Nov. 29, 2018

The Mohs Hardness Scale gives a number showing the relative scratch-resistance of minerals when compared to a standardized set of minerals of increasing hardness.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The “measured hardness” values are Vickers Hardness numbers.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The Scrophul� or King's-Evil Swellings are known by their unequal Hardness, and their situation in the Glandules, either in the Neck, Arm-pits or elsewhere, without alteration likewise of the Skin.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel




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