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retentivity
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun retentivity has 3 senses
- retentivity(n = noun.cognition) memory, retention, retentiveness - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" is a kind of faculty, mental faculty, module
- retentivity(n = noun.attribute) retentiveness - the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired; Array is a kind of acquisitiveness
- retentivity(n = noun.attribute) retention, retentiveness - the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" is a kind of impermeability, impermeableness
has particulars: anamnesis, recollection, remembrance
Derived form adjective retentive1
has particulars: urinary retention
Derived form adjective retentive3
CIDE DICTIONARY
retentivity, n.
The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet. [1913 Webster]
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