narrowness

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narrowness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Narrowness \Nar"row*ness\, n. [AS. nearunes.]
     The condition or quality of being narrow.
     [1913 Webster]

narrowness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  narrowness
      n 1: the property of being narrow; having little width; "the
           narrowness of the road" [ant: broadness, wideness]
      2: an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking
         behavior [syn: narrow-mindedness, narrowness] [ant:
         broad-mindedness]
      3: a restriction of range or scope; "the problem with
         achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students";
         "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of
         focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons"
      4: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow
         margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral
         college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just
         43% of the popular vote" [syn: narrow margin, narrowness,
         slimness]