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BOUNCINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bounciness mean?
• BOUNCINESS (noun)
The noun BOUNCINESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Familiarity information: BOUNCINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of a substance that is able to rebound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bounce; bounciness
Hypernyms ("bounciness" is a kind of...):
elasticity; snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed)
Derivation:
bouncy (elastic; rebounds readily)
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