aptness
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aptness (countable and uncountable, plural aptnesses)
- suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
- 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 128:
- A regular supply of coking slack is sent from Durham to the Scunthorpe area, in view of its special aptness for steelmaking processes, [...].
- disposition of the mind; propensity
- the aptness of men to follow example
- speed or readiness in learning; docility
- An aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
- proneness; tendency
- the aptness of iron to rust
Translations edit
the quality of being apt or suitable
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References edit
- “aptness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.