different between hardness vs adamantine

English

Etymology

From Middle English hardness, from Old English heardness, from heard + -ness. Equivalent to hard +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: härd?n?s, IPA^(key): /?h??dn?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??dn?s/
• Hyphenation: hard?ness

Noun

hardness (countable and uncountable, plural hardnesses)

1. The quality of being hard.
2. An instance of this quality; hardship.
3. (inorganic chemistry) The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per million (ppm).
4. The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material.
5. (physics) The penetrating ability of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays; generally, the shorter the wavelength, the harder and more penetrating the radiation.
6. The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure when subjected to attack.

Translations

See also

• hardiness

References

• hardness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Dashners

English

Etymology

From Middle English adamantine, from Latin adamantinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd??mænta?n/

Adjective

adamantine (comparative more adamantine, superlative most adamantine)

1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 44–49:

     Him the Almighty Power

     Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie

     With hideous ruine and combustion down

     To bottomless perdition, there to dwell

     In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,

     Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.

   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     For two hours they stand; Bouillé's sword glittering in his hand, adamantine resolution clouding his brows[.]

   • 1984, Gayle Rubin, "Thinking Sex" in Carole S. Vance, Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality (Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul), 267-319.

     Sex law is the most adamantine instrument of sexual stratification and erotic persecution.

2. Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Translations

Anagrams

• amantadine, antamanide, diamantane

French

Adjective

adamantine

1. feminine singular of adamantin

Italian

Adjective

adamantine f pl

1. feminine plural of adamantino

Latin

Adjective

adamantine

1. vocative masculine singular of adamantinus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• adamantyne, adamauntyn

Etymology

From Latin adamantinus; equivalent to adamant +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad??manti?n(?)/, /ad??mau?nti?n(?)/

Adjective

adamantine

1. (rare) Relating to adamant; adamantine.

Descendants

• English: adamantine

References

• “adama(u)nt?n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-11.