Dictionary Definition
tenuity
Noun
1 relatively small dimension through an object as
opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the
thinness of a rope" [syn: thinness, slenderness] [ant: thickness]
2 the quality of lacking intensity or substance;
"a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn:
feebleness]
3 a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper
atmosphere" [syn: rarity,
low
density]