fastness

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fastness

1	n	a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
2	n	the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fastness

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); execution speed
(computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS; graduality, gradualness
the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages; abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

Antonyms:: looseness
the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints

Types:: lodgement, lodging, lodgment
the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily

Type of:: immovability, immovableness
not capable of being moved or rearranged

Examples:: Black Hole of Calcutta
a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive; Kremlin
citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; bastion, citadel
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle; blockhouse
a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire; hold
a stronghold; donjon, dungeon, keep
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress; redoubt
an entrenched stronghold or refuge; acropolis
the citadel in ancient Greek towns; kremlin
citadel of a Russian town

Type of:: defence, defense, defensive structure
a structure used to defend against attack

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