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fastness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | speed, swiftness |
| Type of | pace, rate |
| Has types | hurriedness, execution speed, graduality, gradualness, haste, hastiness, hurry, precipitation |
| Derivation | fast |
fastness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness |
| Type of | immovability, immovableness |
| Has types | lodgment, lodging, lodgement |
| Derivation | fast |
fastness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stronghold |
| Type of | defense, defence, defensive structure |
| Has types | citadel, keep, redoubt, hold, bastion, donjon, dungeon, blockhouse |
Examples of fastness
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Both are tucked away in the fastness of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia.
From the usatoday.com
More arrived, moving with total grace and vitality in their mountain fastness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Even the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution reached into this mountain fastness.
From the time.com
These were used for economical high color fastness dark shades such as black and navy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
First, it offers a more precise ink dot layout and improves color-fastness and brightness.
From the techcrunch.com
But one is the mountainous fastness of northern Myanmar, formerly Burma.
From the newscientist.com
They are cheap, generally have good wash-fastness and are easy to apply.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Reactive dyes have good fastness properties owing to the bonding that occurs during dyeing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
All year round, the thin air gnaws at the lungs and vitality of human trespassers in the fastness.
From the time.com
- Speed: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
- The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
- Stronghold: a strongly fortified defensive structure
- A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress; The state of being fast. firmness, security rapidity, swiftness; The ability of a dye to withstand fading
- The stability of colored pigments or dyestuffs under adverse conditions of light, acids, alkalis, etc.
- That property of a paper or dyestuff which renders it resistant to change in color. (see also color, color fastness.)
- Ability of a dye or pigment to withstand washing, boiling, or exposure to light.
- It is the resistance which a material provides to an agent
- A prayer house that people can go to for a brief period or longer
