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twelveness

twelveness noun: the property of being twelve in number.

Noun

twelveness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being twelve in number.
    • Or walk into a shop and you will see twelveness associated with whiteness and roundness and, I hope, freshness, in a box of eggs.1932, Ernest Dimnet, What we live by
    • The geometrical basis of materiality consists of the tetrahedron or 'fourness' of fire or light, the octahedrality of 'sixness' of the gaseousness of air, the icosahedrality or 'twelveness' of the liquidity of water, and the cubic 'eightness' of the solid earthiness.1988, Keith Critchlow, “Forward”, in The Theology of Arithmetic, Phanes Press, pages 15-16

Origin of twelveness

From twelve + -ness.

Questions about twelveness

What does twelveness mean?
Twelveness means the property of being twelve in number.
What part of speech is twelveness?
Twelveness is a noun.

Words near twelveness in the dictionary

  1. twelvemonth minds
  2. twelvemonth's mind
  3. twelvemonths
  4. twelvemonths' minds
  5. twelvemos
  6. twelveness
  7. twelvepence
  8. twelvepenny
  9. twelvepenny nail
  10. twelvepenny nails
  11. twelveplex

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