tenuity

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It is whether the nucleus of a comet is an opaque solid body, a cluster of such bodies, or a mass of particles of extreme tenuity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

All the spines are of excessive tenuity and sharpness; they are straight, long, and not plumose.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The tenuity of the atmosphere on Mars has another consequence.

From Are the Planets Inhabited? by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

By this contrivance the roving is drawn out into a thread of the desired degree of tenuity and hardness.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

All, therefore, concurs to prove the extreme tenuity of the substance of irregular nebul�.

From The Plurality of Worlds by Hitchcock, Edward