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tautness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tautness has 2 senses
- tautness(n = noun.state) tenseness, tension, tensity - the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body" is a kind of condition, status
- tautness(n = noun.attribute) tightness - lack of movement or room for movement; Array is a kind of immovability, immovableness
has particulars: tone, tonicity, tonus
Derived form adjective taut2
Derived form adjective taut1
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