- softness
- мягкость; мучнистость
English-russian biological dictionary. 2013.
English-russian biological dictionary. 2013.
Softness — Soft ness, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.] The quality or state of being soft; opposed to {hardness}, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Softness — may refer to:* The opposite of one of the many types of hardness. * A texture which is the opposite of roughness … Wikipedia
softness — index lenience, mollification Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
softness — noun 1. the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded (Freq. 2) • Ant: ↑hardness • Derivationally related forms: ↑soft • Hypernyms: ↑consistency, ↑consistence, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Softness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Softness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 softness softness pliableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 flexibility flexibility Sgm: N 1 pliancy pliancy pliability Sgm: N 1 sequacity sequacity malleability … English dictionary for students
softness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of yielding readily to pressure Nouns 1. softness, pliableness, pliancy, pliability, flexibility; malleability; ductility, tractility; extendability, extensibility; plasticity; flaccidity,… … English dictionary for students
softness — soft ► ADJECTIVE 1) easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold. 2) not rough or coarse in texture. 3) quiet and gentle. 4) (of light or colour) pleasingly subtle; not harsh. 5) sympathetic or lenient, especially excessively so. 6) informal (of a job… … English terms dictionary
softness in the economy — a recession When it would seem, conversely, that times are hard: Instead he insists that the current campaign was planned five months ago and is running because of softness in the economy. (Daily Telegraph, 29 October 1998, referring to … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
softness — noun see soft I … New Collegiate Dictionary
softness — See softly. * * * … Universalium
softness — noun The quality of being soft. Ant: hardness … Wiktionary