Dictionary

robustness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rōbus Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin rōbustuslbor. English robust Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English robustness From robust + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being robust.
   • However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling. 2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025:
   • The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches. 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:
   • Robustness was considered to be an essential feature because of the comparatively high starting effort and the generally rough work for which the locomotives are to be used. 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 780:

Forms

Deriveds

bias-robustness

Synonyms

robustity · robusticity

Translations (32)

pl czerstwość (quality of being robust) · hi पुष्टता (quality of being robust) · kk робастылық (quality of being robust) · ja 頑健性 (quality of being robust) · fi rotevuus (quality of being robust) · pl krzepkość (quality of being robust) · ru робастность (quality of being robust) · vi bền vững (quality of being robust) · ga urrúntacht (quality of being robust) · ro robustețe (quality of being robust) · ja ロバストネス (quality of being robust) · ko 강건성 (quality of being robust) · ja 頑強性 (quality of being robust) · ru прочность (quality of being robust) · kk беріктік (quality of being robust) · pt robustez (quality of being robust) · ro vânjoșie (quality of being robust) · ro soliditate (quality of being robust) · nl robuustheid (quality of being robust) · tr dayanıklılık (quality of being robust) · tr sağlamlık (quality of being robust) · pl solidność (quality of being robust) · it robustezza (quality of being robust) · pl odporność (quality of being robust) · cmn 健壯性 /健壮性 (quality of being robust) · de Robustheit (quality of being robust) · fr robustesse (quality of being robust) · cmn 穩健性 /稳健性 (quality of being robust) · cmn 強健性 /强健性 (quality of being robust) · gl robusteza (quality of being robust) · kk тұрақтылық (quality of being robust) · cmn 魯棒性 /鲁棒性 (quality of being robust)