Slenderness
1slenderness — noun 1. the quality of being slight or inadequate he knew the slenderness of my wallet the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done the slenderness of the evidence • Derivationally related forms: ↑slender • Hypernyms: ↑insufficiency …
2slenderness — slender ► ADJECTIVE (slenderer, slenderest) 1) gracefully thin. 2) barely sufficient: a slender majority. DERIVATIVES slenderly adverb slenderness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
3Slenderness — Slender Slen der, a. [Compar. {Slenderer}; superl. {Slenderest}.] [OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.] 1. Small or narrow in… …
4slenderness — noun see slender …
5slenderness — See slenderly. * * * …
6slenderness — noun The property of being slender …
7slenderness — slen·der·ness || slendÉ™rnɪs n. slimness, thinness, slightness; meagerness …
8slenderness — slen·der·ness …
9slenderness — See: slender …
10slenderness ratio — Rocketry. See aspect ratio (def. 4a). * * * …
