Tenacious vs. Tenacity
Tenaciousadjective
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Tenaciousadjective
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
Tenaciousadjective
Holding together; cohesive.
Tenaciousadjective
Having a good memory; retentive.
Tenaciousadjective
Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
Tenaciousadjective
Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
Tenaciousadjective
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
Tenaciousadjective
Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
Tenaciousadjective
Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Tenaciousadjective
Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Tenaciousadjective
stubbornly unyielding;
Tenaciousadjective
(of memory) having greater than average range;
Tenaciousadjective
sticking together;
Tenaciousadjective
tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely
Tenaciousadjective
not readily relinquishing a position, principle, or course of action; determined
Tenaciousadjective
persisting in existence; not easily dispelled
Tenacitynoun
The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
Tenacitynoun
The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
Tenacitynoun
The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
Tenacitynoun
The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
Tenacitynoun
(physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
Tenacitynoun
The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
Tenacitynoun
That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; - as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
Tenacitynoun
That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
Tenacitynoun
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, - usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
Tenacitynoun
persistent determination
Tenacitynoun
the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip
Tenacitynoun
the quality or fact of being very determined; determination
Tenacitynoun
the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence
