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Definition of Shortness

1. Noun. The property of being of short spatial extent. "The shortness of the Channel crossing"

2. Noun. The condition of being short of something. "Can cause shortness of breath"

3. Noun. The property of being truncated or short.

4. Noun. The property of being of short temporal extent. "The shortness of air travel time"

5. Noun. The property of being shorter than average stature.

6. Noun. An abrupt discourteous manner.

Definition of Shortness

1. n. The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

Definition of Shortness

1. Noun. The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being short. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shortness

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Medical Definition of Shortness

1. The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortness

shorties shorting shortish shortite shortleaf shortleaf pine shortleaf yellow pine shortlist shortlisted shortlistee

shortlistees shortlisting shortlists shortlived shortly shortness (current term) shortness of breath shortnesses shortribs shorts

shortsheet shortsheeted shortsheeting shortsheets shortsighted shortsightedly shortsightedness shortstop shortstops shortsword

Literary usage of Shortness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works and Life of Laurence Sterne by Laurence Sterne, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1904)
"SERMON X JOB'S ACCOUNT OF THE shortness AND TROUBLES OF LIFE, ... THERE is something in this reflection of holy Job's, upon the shortness of life and ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"PARTIAL INVERSION OF THE UTERUS DUE TO shortness OF THE COKD. ... that the shortness of the cord prevented the shoulders from descending into the pelvis, ..."

3. The Sermons of Mr. Yorick by Laurence Sterne, Wilbur Lucius Cross (1904)
"SERMON X JOB'S ACCOUNT OF THE shortness AND TROUBLES OF LIFE, ... THERE is something in this reflection of holy Job's, upon the shortness of life and ..."

4. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Of the length or shortness of the life of plants, and the causes. XIII. As to the comparative shortness of life of plants and trees of the water we may say ..."

5. Expositions on the Book of Psalms by Augustine (1853)
"PSALM the shortness of Her days, and findeth that the Lord hath U ' said, ... Hear the Lord declaring the shortness of my days. This Gospel, He saith, ..."

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