hardness
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The researchers showed that their method preserves the same computational hardness criteria associated with RCS, meaning the problem remains extremely difficult for classical computers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Lorenz is the mission’s architect, responsible for figuring out the atmosphere’s turbulence, the hardness of the rocks for a sampling drill, and how much light will be available to allow Dragonfly’s sensors to navigate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
WC-Co cemented carbides are widely used in applications that demand extreme hardness and resistance to wear, including cutting tools, drills, machining equipment, and construction tools.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Researchers classify them according to three main features: hardness, the way they respond to strain, and the structure formed by ions and proteins.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
When I laid my foot on the middle cross bench, its hardness had an invigorating effect on me, as if I had just stepped on solid ground.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Mineral lattices have important implications for mineral properties, as exemplified by the relative hardnesses of diamond and graphite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The rest, though they are not free from certain hardnesses, have a pathos and greatness in their simplicity, sufficient to endear the legitimate Sonnet to every Reader of just taste.
From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Anna Seward
She had her full share of difficulties, hardnesses, disappointments, and physical weakness; but, whatever her feelings were, she rose above them, and went on with her work.
From The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" by Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
She told it in her own way with characteristic blindnesses and hardnesses, but the truth of it was this.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
No doubt, then, the hardnesses and difficulties of any one's lot are part of the divine ordering for the best growth of the person's life.
From Making the Most of Life by J. R. (James Russell) Miller
Vocabulary lists containing hardness
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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