tenacity

ténacité, persévérance

Capacité à continuer ses efforts pour réussir, même quand c’est difficile.

En anglais simple : The ability to keep trying to achieve something, even when it is difficult.

• I admire her tenacity.
• His tenacity helped him finish the project.
• They fought with remarkable tenacity despite repeated setbacks.

Synonymes : determination, persistence, perseverance

Expressions courantes : show tenacity, great tenacity, sheer tenacity

ténacité

Capacité d’un matériau à résister aux forces qui tendent à le séparer ou à le casser.

En anglais simple : The ability of a material to resist being pulled apart or broken.

• The wire has high tenacity.
• They tested the tenacity of the new fibres.
• Heat reduced the material’s tenacity, making it easier to break.

Synonymes : toughness

Contraires : brittleness

Expressions courantes : tenacity of something, high tenacity, fibre tenacity

cohésion

Propriété qui maintient ensemble les parties d’une substance grâce à leur attraction mutuelle.

En anglais simple : The way parts of a substance hold together because they attract each other.

• The particles’ attraction gives the substance tenacity.
• The lecture linked molecular attraction to tenacity.
• Greater tenacity helped the particles remain together.

Synonymes : cohesion, cohesiveness

Expressions courantes : molecular tenacity, tenacity of something

adhésivité, viscosité

Capacité d’une substance à coller à d’autres choses ou à résister à l’écoulement.

En anglais simple : The ability of a substance to stick to other things or resist flowing.

• The glue’s tenacity held the label in place.
• They measured the tenacity of the thick liquid.
• The resin showed greater tenacity on a rough surface.

Synonymes : adhesiveness, stickiness, viscosity

Expressions courantes : tenacity of glue, adhesive tenacity