Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character or quality of being tight, in any sense of that word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or condition of being tight.

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  • noun The quality or degree of being tight

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
  • noun extreme stinginess
  • noun a tight feeling in some part of the body
  • noun the spatial property of being crowded together
  • noun lack of movement or room for movement

Etymologies

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tight +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Air tightness is determined with a blower door test which pressurizes (and depressurizes) the house to 50 Pascals.

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  • St. Louis OF Jim Edmonds is day-to-day with groin tightness after leaving Thursday's game. …

    USATODAY.com - Redding may be key to Astros recovery 2002

  • Brazilian supply still months away, near term tightness should support.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Brazilian supply still months away, near term tightness should support.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page James Cordier 2010

  • India is a "potential important contributor to medium-term tightness of the iron ore market,"

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • Clijsters later played down the injury she described as tightness in her left hip, saying she will ­undergo an MRI next week to make sure it is nothing serious.

    Taipei Times 2010

  • This credit tightness translates into smaller positions held for shorter durations that provide greater liquidity in case of sharp upward pressure in any of the various commodity markets.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • This credit tightness translates into smaller positions held for shorter durations that provide greater liquidity in case of sharp upward pressure in any of the various commodity markets.

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2008

  • This credit tightness translates into smaller positions held for shorter durations that provide greater liquidity in case of sharp upward pressure in any of the various commodity markets.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Indian companies felt marginally relieved on Monday after the Reserve Bank of India cut the cash reserve ratio by 50 basis points as most of them expected only short-term tightness to ease a bit.

    rediff.com 2008

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