Hardness

//ˈhɑɹdnəs//

"Hardness" in a Sentence (11 examples)

The hardness of diamond is such that it can cut glass.

The hardness of diamond is 10.

One of the qualities of steel is hardness.

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.

Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may come to middle age, but never to ardent three-and-twenty in the fever of his first love.

Mineral hardness is measured on the Mohs scale.

Topaz is rated as an 8 on the Mohs Hardness scale, making it an extremely tough gem.

The garnets are an unexpected habitat for microbes because of their hardness.

Who can number the cloudes in wiſedom? or who can ſtay the bottles of heauen, / When the duſt groweeh^([sic – meaning groweth]) into hardneſſe and the clods cleaue faſt together?

The hardness of the material was high.

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“This material has a specific hardness and is chemically very stable. It forms naturally from calcium alone, but bacteria accelerate the transformation into calcium carbonate,” explains Alejandro Montesinos, head of the Decarbonization, Climate Change, and Circular Economy Research Group at Tec de Monterrey and a member of the Institute of Advanced Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing.

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