tenuity

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By this contrivance the roving is drawn out into a thread of the desired degree of tenuity and hardness.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

With this in his hand, the workman carefully traces the outlines of his drawing, which the tenuity of the saw-blade allows the tool to follow into every curve and angle.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.

In practice the average degree of tenuity to which the gold is reduced is not nearly so great as the last example quoted above.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

She had never created for herself an ideal whose tenuity would one day envelop a human being.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

That they should be completely transparent through such enormous dimensions shows their extreme tenuity.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard