hardness

[hard·ness]

The quality of being difficult to do

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The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

Noun
excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

Noun
the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"

Noun
devoid of passion or feeling

Noun
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale


n.
The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

n.
The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.

n.
The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.


Hardness

Hard"ness, n. [AS. heardness.] 1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness.
2. The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes. 3. (Chem.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes. &hand; This quality is caused by the presence of calcium carbonate, causing temporary hardness which can be removed by boiling, or by calcium sulphate, causing permanent hardness which can not be so removed, but may be improved by the addition of sodium carbonate.

The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

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Usage Examples

Asian people have a unique way about them and a different sense of beauty. It's exotic to me. I like they way Asians project their feelings. There's a hardness to the culture, but at the same time there's a delicateness.

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Other Usage Examples

Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising.

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