noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being robust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
robustness
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the lack of robustness in the findings may be due to the small size of the sample
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: characteristic
noun
Meaning 3
the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hardiness, lustiness, validity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strength
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin rōbus Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin rōbustuslbor. English robust Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English robustness From robust + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 魯棒性 /鲁棒性 (lǔbàngxìng) — quality of being robust
- Chinese Mandarin: 健壯性 /健壮性 (jiànzhuàngxìng) — quality of being robust
- Chinese Mandarin: 穩健性 /稳健性 (wěnjiànxìng) — quality of being robust
- Chinese Mandarin: 強健性 /强健性 (qiángjiànxìng) — quality of being robust
- Dutch: robuustheid — quality of being robust
- Finnish: rotevuus — quality of being robust
- French: robustesse — quality of being robust
- Galician: robusteza — quality of being robust
- German: Robustheit — quality of being robust
- Irish: urrúntacht — quality of being robust
- Italian: robustezza — quality of being robust
- Japanese: 頑健性 (gankensei) — quality of being robust
- Japanese: 頑強性 (gankyōsei) — quality of being robust
- Japanese: ロバストネス (robasutonesu) — quality of being robust
- Kazakh: беріктік (berıktık) — quality of being robust
- Kazakh: тұрақтылық (tūraqtylyq) — quality of being robust
- Kazakh: робастылық (robastylyq) — quality of being robust
- Korean: 강건성 (ganggeonseong) — quality of being robust
- Polish: odporność — quality of being robust
- Polish: solidność — quality of being robust
- Polish: krzepkość — quality of being robust
- Polish: czerstwość — quality of being robust
- Portuguese: robustez — quality of being robust
- Romanian: robustețe — quality of being robust
- Romanian: soliditate — quality of being robust
- Romanian: vânjoșie — quality of being robust
- Russian: прочность (pročnostʹ) — quality of being robust
- Russian: робастность (robastnostʹ) — quality of being robust
- Turkish: dayanıklılık — quality of being robust
- Turkish: sağlamlık — quality of being robust
- Vietnamese: bền vững — quality of being robust
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