hardness
(noun)
noun
1. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
Definition categories: attribute, body, consistence, consistency, substance
2. a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
- the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present
Definition categories: attribute, quality
3. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
Similar word(s): callosity, callousness, insensibility, unfeelingness
Definition categories: attribute, insensitiveness, insensitivity
4. the quality of being difficult to do
- he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness
Similar word(s): ruggedness
Definition categories: attribute, difficultness, difficulty
5. excessive sternness
Similar word(s): harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity, stiffness
Definition categories: attribute, sternness, strictness