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robustness

noun

Etymology

From robust + -ness.

  1. learned borrowing from rōbustus
  2. suffixed as robustness — “robust + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being robust.

    • Robustness was considered to be an essential feature because of the comparatively high starting effort and the generally rough work for which the locomotives are to be used.
    • The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for robustness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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