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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being robust; strength; vigor, or the condition of the body when it has full firm flesh and sound health.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being robust.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being robust.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge
  • noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

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Examples

  • Frankly, I am not sure that testing her hypothesis to a peer-reviewable level of robustness is possible given the middling quality of data and the inherent ambiguity with how particular projects must be assigned to particular congressional districts.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Stimulus Funding Political? 2010

  • I am not sure that testing her hypothesis to a peer-reviewable level of robustness is possible given the middling quality of the data ...

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Stimulus Funding Political? 2010

  • However, increased mutational robustness caused by gene duplications pales in comparison to drift and selection as a cause for the fixation of gene duplicates, especially because the advantage of robustness is weak in many populations. page 268, Robustness and Evolvability of Living Systems

    A Genomic Balancing Act 2007

  • (Rock can chime in about how this very simple demonstration of robustness is so, um, …, well, whatever …)

    A Minimal Genome 2006

  • Let me begin by saying that economic robustness is the only foundation for the temporalities of the state.

    The Influence of Canadian Universities in Canadian Development 1920

  • There is a certain robustness in these stories dealing with the inexorable laws of Nature.

    The Art of the Story-Teller 1915

  • "Any efforts to delay or water-down the agreements will jeopardize financial stability, and undermine the long-term robustness of the recovery," said Ingves, who is also governor of Sweden's central bank.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • However, adoption of the superhydrophobic surface treatment will ultimately depend on its long-term robustness and cost.

    unknown title 2009

  • However, adoption of the superhydrophobic surface treatment will ultimately depend on its long-term robustness and cost.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Also, no need to apologize for "robustness" - I did provoke you and intentionally try to draw you into the discussion, and am grateful for your comments!

    Did Matthew Know Luke? A Neglected Angle on the Synoptic Problem James F. McGrath 2009

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