Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being durable; the power of lasting or continuing in the same state by resistance to causes of decay or dissolution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Permanence byvirtue of the power to resiststress orforce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
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Examples
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 Since you will be moving the chicken coop around, having this durability is a necessity, so most plans will take this into high consideration.
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 Since you will be moving the chicken coop around, having this durability is a necessity, so most plans will take this into high consideration.
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Kelvim Escobar will take over the closer role, but his durability is a question.
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The word "durability" means something different today than it did in 2001.
Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011
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Both had to be replaced, convincing me that durability is still an issue.
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His long-term durability may be the biggest question mark but the speed is still there, even though the 32-year-old left wing admitted he wasn't as sharp as he hoped to be in his Capitals' debut.
Capitals rally for a 2-1 overtime win over Islanders in new players' debuts 2011
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•Atlanta Falcons: They seem set on the outside with last year's first-rounder, Jamaal Anderson, and John Abraham, though Abraham's durability is always an issue.
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"His athletic ability, his physical play, his durability, is a real positive," Jets coach Eric Mangini said.
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Zito's durability is unquestioned, as he has never missed a start because of injury in his career and averaged more than 34 starts each of the last six seasons.
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Meantime, the long-term durability of the batteries they use remains uncertain.
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