hardness (redirected from Mohs hardness)

hard·ness  (härdns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being hard.

2. The relative resistance of a mineral to scratching, as measured by the Mohs scale.

3. The relative resistance of a metal or other material to denting, scratching, or bending.

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hardness  (härdns)

A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched. Hardness is measured on the Mohs scale.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hardness - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale consistency, eubstance, consistence, body - the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" firmness - the property of being unyielding to the touch incompressibility - the property of being incompressible softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
	2.	hardness - 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" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	3.	hardness - devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness callousness, unfeelingness, callosity, insensibility insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment dullness - lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."
	4.	hardness - 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" ruggedness difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
	5.	hardness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" inclemency, rigorousness, rigourousness, rigour, rigor, severeness, severity, harshness, stiffness sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution

Translations

hardness [ˈhɑːdnɪs] n → dureza

hardness [ˈhɑːdnɪs] n → dureté f

hardness [ˈhɑːdnɪs] n → durezza