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shortness
(encz) | shortness,krátkost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shortness
(gcide) | Shortness \Short"ness\, 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.
[1913 Webster] |
shortness
(wn) | shortness
n 1: the property of being of short spatial extent; "the
shortness of the Channel crossing" [ant: longness]
2: the condition of being short of something; "there was no
shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"
3: the property of being truncated or short [syn: shortness,
truncation]
4: the property of being of short temporal extent; "the
shortness of air travel time" [ant: longness]
5: the property of being shorter than average stature [ant:
tallness]
6: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness,
brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness] |
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shortness of breath
(encz) | shortness of breath, n: |
Cold-shortness
(gcide) | Cold-short \Cold"-short`\, a. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallsk["o]r; kall
cold + sk["o]r brittle. --Oxf. E. D.] (Metal.)
Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short
iron. -- Cold"-short`ness, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Red-shortness
(gcide) | Red-short \Red"-short`\ (-sh?rt`), a. (Metal.)
Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of
iron. -- Red"-short`ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Shortness
(gcide) | Shortness \Short"ness\, 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.
[1913 Webster] |
shortness of breath
(wn) | shortness of breath
n 1: a dyspneic condition [syn: shortness of breath, SOB,
breathlessness] |
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