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robustness

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ro·bust  (r-bst, rbst)
adj.
1. Full of health and strength; vigorous.
2. Powerfully built; sturdy. See Synonyms at healthy.
3. Requiring or suited to physical strength or endurance: robust labor.
4. Rough or crude; boisterous: a robust tale.
5. Marked by richness and fullness; full-bodied: a robust wine.

[Latin rbustus, from rbur, rbus, oak, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

ro·bustly adv.
ro·bustness n.

robustness [rəʊˈbʌstnɪs]
n
1. the quality of being robust
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing the ability of a computer system to cope with errors during execution
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.robustness - the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
2.robustness - the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; "the lack of robustness in the findings may be due to the small size of the sample"
characteristic - a distinguishing quality
Translations
robustness [rəʊˈbʌstnɪs] N
1. (= strength) [of person, plant] → robustez f; [of material, design, object] → solidez f
2. (= vigour) [of defence, attack] → lo enérgico, vigor m
robustness
n
(of person, material, toy, machine)Robustheit f, → Widerstandsfähigkeit f; (of structure)Massivität f, → Stabilität f; (of build)Kräftigkeit f, → Robustheit f; (of economy)Robustheit f, → Gesundheit f; (of economic growth)Gesundheit f; (of constitution)Kräftigkeit f
(of attitude)Entschiedenheit f; (of speech, style)Markigkeit f; (of defence)Stärke f
(of wine)Kernigkeit f


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I had not been seated very long ere a man of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm-pelted door flew back upon admitting him, a quick regardful eyeing of him by all the congregation, sufficiently attested that this fine old man was the chaplain.
When Angelo paints even God the Father in human form, mark what robustness is there.
There was a robustness in her carriage which came of the soil rather than of the city pavement.
 
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