Tenacity vs. Toughness
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
Toughnessnoun
(uncountable) The state of being tough
Toughnessnoun
Resistance to fracture when stressed
Toughnessnoun
A formidable difficulty
Toughnessnoun
The quality or state of being tough.
Toughnessnoun
enduring strength and energy
Toughnessnoun
the property of being big and strong
Toughnessnoun
the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
Toughnessnoun
impressive difficulty
Toughness
In materials science and metallurgy, toughness is the ability of a material to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing. One definition of material toughness is the amount of energy per unit volume that a material can absorb before rupturing.
