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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɑɹdnəs/ [General-American], /ˈhɑːdnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-hardness.ogg Forms: hardnesses [plural]
enPR: härdʹnəs [General-American] Etymology: From Middle English hardness, hardnesse, from Old English heardnes, from heard + -nes. Equivalent to hard + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hardness}} Middle English hardness, {{inh|en|ang|heardnes}} Old English heardnes, {{suffix|en|hard|ness}} hard + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hardness (countable and uncountable, plural hardnesses)
  1. The quality of being hard. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being hard): σκληρότης (sklērótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), твърдост (tvǎrdost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), издръжливост (izdrǎžlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), duresa [feminine] (Catalan), tvrdost [feminine] (Czech), hardheid [feminine] (Dutch), dureté [feminine] (French), durece [feminine] (Friulian), dureza [feminine] (Galician), Härte [feminine] (German), keménység (Hungarian), hardeso (Ido), durezza [feminine] (Italian), dūritās [feminine] (Latin), cietība [feminine] (Latvian), കാഠിന്യം (kāṭhinyaṁ) (Malayalam), hardhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), duretat [feminine] (Occitan), dureza [feminine] (Portuguese), sinchi (Quechua), твёрдость (tvjórdostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), duresa [feminine] (Sardinian), dureza [feminine] (Spanish), hårdhet (Swedish), katigasan (Tagalog), ความแข็ง (kwaam-kɛ̌ng) (Thai), zorluk (Turkish), durté [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-hardness-en-noun-0afC4KDF Disambiguation of 'quality of being hard': 61 27 2 2 4 1 3
  2. An instance of this quality; hardship. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (inorganic chemistry) The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per million (ppm). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry
    Sense id: en-hardness-en-noun-jo40pl3o Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  5. (physics) The penetrating ability of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays; generally, the shorter the wavelength, the harder and more penetrating the radiation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
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  6. The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure when subjected to attack. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  7. (countable, engineering) A measure of how hard a material is Tags: countable Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-hardness-en-noun-iSuiDlHV Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: physical property Hyponyms: metallicness, rockiness, stoniness Derived forms: hardness of hearing, Knoop hardness, macrohardness, microhardness, total hardness, Vickers hardness, water hardness

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Alternative forms

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