hardness

hardness has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
• n.. The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.
• n.. The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
• n.. excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
• n.. the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
• n.. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
• n.. a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"
• n.. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale