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induration

noun
/ɪndjʊˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English induracioun, from Old French induracion (“hardness, obstinacy”) or directly from Medieval Latin induratiō.

  1. derived from induratiō
  2. derived from induracion
  3. inherited from induracioun

Definitions

  1. Hardness.

    • The voice was harder than I had known, and not only in stony reaction to long floods of wholly just selfpity, also roughened with gin and smoke, perhaps also assimilated to New York induration, the hardness of culture as well as of pain.

  2. An enduring presence

    An enduring presence; fixity.

    • Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept, the cryptic induration of the aphrodisiac function.

  3. The process of becoming hard.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or…

      A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.

    2. An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.

      • Both erythema and induration appear to be adequate indices of tuberculin sensitivity.
      • The erythema had spread to 20 cm, and the central induration had spread to 9 cm.

    3. The quality of nonfriability

      The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.

    4. The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a…

      The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA