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prehensiveness

prehensiveness noun: the quality of being prehensive.

Noun

prehensiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being prehensive.

Origin of prehensiveness

From prehensive + -ness.

Questions about prehensiveness

What does prehensiveness mean?
Prehensiveness means the quality of being prehensive.
What part of speech is prehensiveness?
Prehensiveness is a noun.

Words near prehensiveness in the dictionary

  1. prehensility
  2. prehensily
  3. prehension
  4. prehensions
  5. prehensive
  6. prehensiveness
  7. prehensor
  8. prehensorial
  9. prehensors
  10. prehensory
  11. preheparinised

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