tenuity

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Noun
relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
Noun
a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
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the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne