Associations to the word «Tenacity»

Wiktionary

TENACITY, noun. The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
TENACITY, noun. The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; – as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
TENACITY, noun. The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
TENACITY, noun. The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, – usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

Dictionary definition

TENACITY, noun. Persistent determination.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke