"robustness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: robustnesses [plural]
Etymology: robust + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|robust|ness}} robust + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} robustness (countable and uncountable, plural robustnesses)
  1. The quality of being robust. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being robust): 魯棒性 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲁棒性 (lǔbàngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 健壯性 (Chinese Mandarin), 健壮性 (jiànzhuàngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 穩健性 (Chinese Mandarin), 稳健性 (wěnjiànxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 強健性 (Chinese Mandarin), 强健性 (qiángjiànxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), rotevuus (Finnish), robustesse [feminine] (French), robusteza [feminine] (Galician), Robustheit [feminine] (German), urrúntacht [feminine] (Irish), 頑健性 (gankensei) (alt: がんけんせい) (Japanese), 頑強性 (gankyōsei) (alt: がんきょうせい) (Japanese), ロバストネス (robasutonesu) (Japanese), беріктік (berıktık) (Kazakh), тұрақтылық (tūraqtylyq) (Kazakh), робастылық (robastylyq) (Kazakh), 강건성 (ganggeonseong) (alt: 剛健性) (Korean), robustețe [feminine] (Romanian), soliditate (Romanian), vânjoșie [feminine] (Romanian), прочность (pročnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), робастность (robastnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dayanıklılık (Turkish), sağlamlık (Turkish), bền vững (alt: 𥑃𠊡) (Vietnamese)

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