tenuity

n 1: relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to

its length or width: "the tenuity of a hair"; "the

thinness of a rope" [syn: {thinness}, {slenderness}]

[ant: {thickness}]

2: the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet

sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: {feebleness}]

3: a rarified quality: "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"

[syn: {rarity}, {low density}]