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hardness

/hahrd-nis/US // ˈhɑrd nɪs //UK // (ˈhɑːdnɪs) //

硬度,硬性,硬质,硬化

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.
    • : a relative degree or extent of this quality: wood of a desirable hardness.
    • : that quality in water that is imparted by the presence of dissolved salts, especially calcium sulfate or bicarbonate.
    • : unfeelingness or jadedness; callousness.
    • : harshness or austerity, as of a difficult existence.
    • : South Midland U.S. ill will; bad feelings: There's a lot of hardness between those two boys.
    • : Mineralogy. the comparative ability of a substance to scratch or be scratched by another.Compare Mohs scale.
    • : Metallurgy. the measured resistance of a metal to indention, abrasion, deformation, or machining.

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Examples

  • I see the hardness, but I also see that little boy inside that rough person.

  • Using nanoparticles of a mineral similar to santabarbaraite, the scientists also 3-D printed strong, light materials with a range of hardness and stiffness.

  • Participants compared the softness or hardness of different blocks.

  • The result is “art that is a self-willed test of hardness,” which some will consume “not to feel more but to feel less.”

  • In our outdoor experiments, DyRET used a machine learning model, seeded with knowledge about the best leg configuration for a given combination of terrain hardness and roughness taken from the controlled tests.

  • Where some hear hardness in hip-hop, Tupac heard transformation, evolution.

  • His district, just south of Washington DC was among the hardness hit by the trembler.

  • When she felt his hardness,” however, “the feelings evaporated.

  • I portray Mecca as it really was, which means in all its hardness and brutality.

  • It is of an exceedingly hard, densely compact nature; from its hardness difficult to work, but susceptible of a very high polish.

  • All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters.

  • We have learned so much lately about self-denial, and crossing one's own inclinations, and enduring hardness.

  • A man from whom everything is torn at one blow; a man of not very strong character, not accustomed to endure hardness.

  • But those who loved him best saw the stony hardness of his face, beyond anything that came after the great stroke at St. Julien.