refractoriness

noun

refractoriness

noun

Etymology From refractory + -ness.

1

The quality of being refractory.

  • 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.

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