Definitions
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.
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- noun The
quality of beingrobust .
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
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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.
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I am not sure that testing her hypothesis to a peer-reviewable level of robustness is possible given the middling quality of the data ...
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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
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(Rock can chime in about how this very simple demonstration of robustness is so, um, …, well, whatever …)
A Minimal Genome 2006
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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
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There is a certain robustness in these stories dealing with the inexorable laws of Nature.
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"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.
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However, adoption of the superhydrophobic surface treatment will ultimately depend on its long-term robustness and cost.
unknown title 2009
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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
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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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