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Meaning of hardness

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hardness
      n 1: the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not
           easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale [ant: {softness}]
      2: a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that
         prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness
         depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium
         compounds that are present"
      3: devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness [syn:
         {unfeelingness}, {callousness}, {callosity}, {hardness},
         {insensibility}]
      4: the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series
         of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his
         exams caused half the class to fail" [syn: {hardness},
         {ruggedness}]
      5: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
         of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
         [syn: {severity}, {severeness}, {harshness}, {rigor},
         {rigour}, {rigorousness}, {rigourousness}, {inclemency},
         {hardness}, {stiffness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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