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stringency

nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,879 of 15,258Too rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: stringencies

Stringency is strictness in what is demanded. The stringency of the rules.

It describes the standard rather than how it is enforced, which is a real distinction. Stringency in a test decides how many pass rather than how good anybody is.

Definitions of stringency

  1. 1nounstringencyStrictness in what is demanded.C2

    “The stringency of the criteria kept the numbers artificially low.”

stringency is a strictness.

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stringency in the wild

  • Etiquette can vary in its specification and stringency between different styles of dance.

    Dance etiquette

  • The party emerged following a rise in political awareness on the island, partly due to economic stringency caused by increased international inflation.

    Saint Helena Progressive Party

  • The method amplifies multiple anonymous loci using a single short primer of arbitrary sequence under low-stringency conditions.

    Arbitrarily primed PCR

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.