tenacity

noun
/təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/UK/təˈnæsəti/US

Etymology

From tenac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās.

  1. derived from tenācitās
  2. derived from ténacité

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose

    The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.

    • — Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have something they’ll never have! — Tenure? — Tenacity!
  2. The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as…

    The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

  3. The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies

      The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.

    2. The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually…

      The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

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