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TAUTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of movement or room for movement
Synonyms:
tautness; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tautness" is a kind of...):
immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)
Derivation:
taut (pulled or drawn tight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The physical condition of being stretched or strained
Example:
he could feel the tenseness of her body
Synonyms:
tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tautness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tautness"):
tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)
Derivation:
taut (subjected to great tension; stretched tight)
