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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FASTNESS

Old English fæstnes.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FASTNESS

fastness  [ˈfɑːstnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FASTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fastness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FASTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fastness in the English dictionary

The first definition of fastness in the dictionary is a stronghold; fortress. Other definition of fastness is the state or quality of being firm or secure. Fastness is also the ability of a dye to remain permanent and not run or fade.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FASTNESS


brightness
ˈbraɪtnɪs
chasteness
ˈtʃeɪstnɪs
colourfastness
ˈkʌləˌfɑ:stnɪs
completeness
kəmˈpliːtnɪs
correctness
kəˈrɛktnɪs
earnestness
ˈɜːnɪstnɪs
eyewitness
ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
greatness
ˈɡreɪtnɪs
hotness
ˈhɒtnɪs
justness
ˈdʒʌstnɪs
lightness
ˈlaɪtnɪs
moistness
ˈmɔɪstnɪs
robustness
rəʊˈbʌstnɪs
shamefacedness
ˈʃeɪmfeɪstnɪs
softness
ˈsɒftnɪs
steadfastness
ˈstedfəstnɪs
tightness
ˈtaɪtnɪs
vastness
ˈvɑːstnɪs
witness
ˈwɪtnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FASTNESS

fast-tracking
fastback
fastball
fastballer
fasten
fastener
fastening
faster
fasti
fastidious
fastidiously
fastidiousness
fastie
fastigiate
fastigiated
fastigium
fasting
fastish
fastly
fastuous

WORDS THAT END LIKE FASTNESS

adeptness
alertness
aptness
aquafitness
bear witness
bluntness
business
compactness
expert witness
flatness
incorrectness
physical fitness
pleasantness
political correctness
promptness
quietness
shortness
sweetness
tartness
unfitness
wetness

Synonyms and antonyms of fastness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fastness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FASTNESS

Find out the translation of fastness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fastness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fastness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

色牢度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

solidez
570 millions of speakers

English

fastness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थिरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثبات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

устойчивость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

solidez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

solidité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fastness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lichtechtheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

堅牢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

견뢰도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fastness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lâu phai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரைவுத்தன்மையை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

solmazlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

solidità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trwałość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стійкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Rezistența
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Beständigheten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hurtighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fastness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FASTNESS»

The term «fastness» is regularly used and occupies the 80.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of fastness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «fastness».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FASTNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fastness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fastness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fastness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FASTNESS»

Discover the use of fastness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fastness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Airplane Boys Flying to Amy-Ran Fastness
"This fourth book of the Airplane Boys is "chock full" of excitement from beginning to end.
E. J. Craine, 2003
2
Color for Science, Art and Technology
K. Nassau. 11.4. Color fastness Color-fastness is the resistance of colored materials to color change or loss as the result of exposure to different agencies. These agencies are very diverse (Technical Manual (annual)), and include light, water, ...
K. Nassau, 1997
3
World Index of Plastics Standards
... (1967) Fastness to Alkali Spotting (1967) Fastness to Bleaching with Hypochlorite (1967) Fastness to Charged System Dry Cleaning (1964) Fastness to Daylight of Colored Textiles (1966) Fastness to Dry Cleaning (Buttons) (1965) Fastness ...
Leslie H. Breden, 1971
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From Fiber to Fabric: The Essential Guide to Quiltmaking ...
Most dyes within each class possess similar, but not necessarily equal, fastness characteristics. Pigments, being held in place by binders, apply equally well (or poorly) to all fibers. The affinity of many dye-fiber combinations does not rely on ...
Harriet Hargrave, 1997
5
Industrial Organic Pigments: Production, Properties, ...
ISO 105-A03-1993: Textiles – Tests for colour fastness, Part A03: Grey scale for assessing staining. [23] DIN 54 005, DIN 54 006: Bestimmung der Wasserechtheit von Färbungen und Drucken (leichte bzw. schwere Beanspruchung).
Willy Herbst, Klaus Hunger, 2006
6
National Directory of Commodity Specifications: Classified ...
Fastness to Acids and Alkalies. Covers tests for change of shade when dyed material comes In contact with acid fumes, acid sizes, etc., but does not necessarily cover change In shade which might take place In carbonizing, cross dyeing, acid ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Paul A. Cooley, Ann Elizabeth Rapuzzi, 1945
7
Chemical Finishing of Textiles
13. Finishes. to. improve. colour. fastness. 13.1 Introduction Chemical finishing is defined as and includes all processes after coloration that provide better properties and that enable the qualified use of the treated textiles. But dyers and printers ...
W D Schindler, P J Hauser, 2004
8
Pigment Printing Handbook
Aatcc. showed no clear trends. However, an examination of the results did allow the formation of some hypotheses, such as the following. — Crosslinking agent is critical to a pigment of poor fastness, while it has little effect on a good pigment.
Aatcc
9
Massacre At Empire Fastness
Butch Shilton and Joe Peters are both out of work when fate deals them a ten-year stretch in prison.
P. McCormac, 2008
10
Textiles. Tests for Colour Fastness. Colour Fastness to Hot ...
Textiles, Colour-fastness tests, Textile testing, Fabric testing, Cloth, Dyeing, Comparative tests, Textile technology, Colour fastness, Ironing tests, Hot-water cylinders, Test equipment, Test specimens
British Standards Institute Staff, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FASTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fastness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Avida throws hat in ring with P2B condo project in Tagaytay
The company is gambling on an additional P4-billion sales by plunking its latest condominium tower atop the mountain fastness of Tagaytay, ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
2
Cadmium Pigments Market Segment Forecast Up to 2019
The color fastness of cadmium pigments in polymers is excellent and often last a lifetime. Application in advanced complex polymers is the ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
3
Miniature Portrait Painting Program at the Powder Magazine
The Gillespies use natural and gemstone pigments whenever possible, to improve light fastness and enhance value; samples of these ... «Moultrie News, Jul 15»
4
New event for digital textile printing technology
In addition, the new printers have significantly improved colour-fastness, and printing quality now reaches around 1400 x 1400 dpi (dots per ... «just-style.com, Jul 15»
5
The art of distraction
It certainly does not cover the villagers in the Himalayan fastness of Uttarakhand. They do not give a whit about Lalit Modi. What they want to ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
Jordan Spieth using simulator to prepare for 2015 Open …
Spieth said he has cranked up the virtual firmness and fastness to make it as challenging as possible. Just the fifth player since 1950 to win the ... «Golf News Net, Jul 15»
7
Loloi Brings Nine New Collections to Las Vegas Market
Florence pieces are power loomed in Egypt of a polypropylene and polyester mix, ensuring exceptional durability and color fastness. «Furniture World Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Colour fastness
When the imperial legislative assembly was discussing Indian civil service appointments in 1934, Sundara Sastri Satyamurti of the Congress ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
What I Signed on to
The spirit-soldiers are as stone-faced and grim as the winters at Valley Forge and the mountain fastness of the Wachtung had made them. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
J D Fergusson on modern Scottish painting
... for their utterer to be removed from his fastness on Edinburgh's Mound and for him to be hung, drawn and quartered on the castle ramparts. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

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