Upness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being up uncountable

    "As well as encouraging externalization of mystery, male genitalization seems to encourage men to prize the qualities of hardness, upness, and linearity."

  2. 2
    The property of being an up quark. uncountable

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"As well as encouraging externalization of mystery, male genitalization seems to encourage men to prize the qualities of hardness, upness, and linearity."

Etymology

From up + -ness.

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up quark

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