Tenacity
Quick Summary of Tenacity
Persistent determination. Someone who exhibits tenacity may be hard to change from a certain point of view, and will not give up easily.
What is the dictionary definition of Tenacity?
Dictionary Definition of Tenacity
- The quality or state of being tenacious; as retentiveness of memory, or persistency of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.; the effect of attraction, cohesiveness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- 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 centimetre, necessary to produce rupture.
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This glossary post was last updated: 29th March, 2024.
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