Definitions
1.NounHardness.
2.NounAn enduring presence; fixity.
3.NounThe process of becoming hard.
4.NounA hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
5.NounAn area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
6.NounThe quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
7.NounThe process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.