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TENUOUS

\tˈɛnjuːəs], \tˈɛnjuːəs], \t_ˈɛ_n_j_uː_ə_s]\

Definitions of TENUOUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Thin; slender; small; minute.
Rare; subtile; not dense; - said of fluids.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Thin; slender; small; minute.
Rare; subtile; not dense; - said of fluids.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Slender; thin; as, tenuous wire is very thin and fine; not dense or heavy.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Thin; delicate; rare; subtile.
Tenulty.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Thin; minute; rare.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Thin; slender; rare.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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