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Definition of Durability
1. Noun. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force. "They advertised the durability of their products"
Specialized synonyms: Tensile Strength, Indestructibility, Continuity, Persistence, Changelessness, Everlastingness
Generic synonyms: Permanence, Permanency
Derivative terms: Durable, Durable, Durable, Enduring, Lasting, Lasting, Lasting, Lasting
Definition of Durability
1. n. The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.
Definition of Durability
1. Noun. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Durability
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Durability
Literary usage of Durability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"The effect of porosity upon durability is explained in detail and an appeal made
... durability is one of several fundamental requirements in a satisfactory ..."
2. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo (1903)
"In proportion to the less durability of fixed capital, and its approach to the
nature of circulating capital, the same effect will be produced by the same ..."
3. A Manual of Forestry by Sir William Schlich (1896)
"Even in this case there is a great difference in the durability of the wood under
different circumstances, and where props are used in dry mountain mines, ..."
4. The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook of Forestry for the Farmer and the Student in by John Philip Wentling, Edward Gheen Cheyney (1914)
"This quality of durability is of great importance, both to the farmer who already
has an established woodlot or to the one who is about to do some planting. ..."
5. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1909)
"durability. 22. "Although the art of building has been practiced from the earliest
times, and constant demands have been made in every age for the means of ..."
6. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"The great durability of mica is accounted for by its composition only in so far
that it does not contain lime as an essential constituent, but only in very ..."
7. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1873)
"GTL durability. Time is the true test of the durability of the structures under
consideration. So far as experience goes there seems to be no reason to ..."
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