strin|gen|cy

strin|gen|cy
strin|gen|cy «STRIHN juhn see», noun, plural -cies.
1. strictness; severity; rigorousness. SYNONYM(S): harshness.
2. lack of ready money; tightness. SYNONYM(S): scarcity.
3. convincing force; cogency: »

the stringency of a debater's argument.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • strin|gen|do — «strihn JEHN doh», adjective, adverb. Music. accelerating the tempo (a direction, used sometimes on a passage approaching a climax). ╂[< Italian stringendo, present participle of stringere < Latin, draw tight] …   Useful english dictionary

  • con|strin|gen|cy — «kuhn STRIHN juhn see», noun. the quality of being constringent …   Useful english dictionary

  • strin — con·strin·gent; di·strin·gas; nem·e·strin·i·dae; re·strin·gen·cy; strin·gen·cy; strin·gen·do; strin·gent; strin·gent·ly; re·strin·gent; …   English syllables

  • stringency — strin·gen·cy …   English syllables

  • stringendo — strin·gen·do …   English syllables

  • stringendo — strin|gen|do 〈[ strındʒɛ̣n ] Mus.; Abk.: string.〉 schneller werdend, drängend (zu spielen) [ital. <lat. stringendus „was zusammengezogen werden muss“; zu stringere „schnüren“] * * * stringẹndo   [strin dʒɛndo; italienisch »zusammendrängend«] …   Universal-Lexikon

  • stringent — strin|gent [ strındʒənt ] adjective stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards ╾ strin|gen|cy noun uncount ╾ strin|gent|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stringent — strin•gent [[t]ˈstrɪn dʒənt[/t]] adj. 1) rigorously binding or exacting; strict: stringent laws[/ex] 2) compelling; urgent: stringent necessity[/ex] 3) convincing; forcible: stringent arguments[/ex] 4) bus (of the money market) making little… …   From formal English to slang

  • stringendo — strin|gen|do [strin dʒɛndo] <it. ; Gerundium von stringere »drängen«, dies aus lat. stringere, vgl. ↑stringieren> schneller werdend, eilend (Vortragsanweisung; Mus.); Abk.: string …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • stringendo — strin·gèn·do ger., avv., s.m.inv. 1. ger. → stringere 2. avv. TS mus. come indicazione nelle partiture: con un accelerazione graduale e concitata del tempo | s.m.inv., brano musicale da eseguire stringendo …   Dizionario italiano

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