Refractoriness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being refractory. uncountable

    "2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 8, Uncle loved the desnsity of the tungsten he made, and its refractoriness, its great chemical stability."

  2. 2
    the trait of being unmanageable wordnet

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"2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 8, Uncle loved the desnsity of the tungsten he made, and its refractoriness, its great chemical stability."

Etymology

From refractory + -ness.

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