ความแข็ง(kwaam kăeng)
Meanings
1NounB2
hardness (materials)
the degree to which a material resists scratching, indentation, or cutting
Examples
เพชรpétเพชรpét1diamond (gemstone)2a diamond (stone/gem)3topaz (archaic/poetic)4jewel; precious stone (archaic/lit.)5excellent; outstanding (figurative)6classifier (diamonds/jewels)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความแข็งkwaam kăengความแข็งkwaam kăeng1hardness (materials)2stiffness (engineering)สูงsŏongสูงsŏong1tall; high (physical height)2high (degree/level/price/rank)3advanced; elevated (abstract)4up; to a high positionมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)เป็นรอยขีดข่วนbpen roi kèet kùuanเป็นรอยขีดข่วนbpen roi kèet kùuan[to] be scratched; [to] have a scratchได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hard
Diamond has a very high hardness, so it is difficult to scratch.
2NounB2
stiffness (engineering)
resistance to elastic deformation or bending; not easily bent or flexed
Examples
ไม้บรรทัดmái ban-tátไม้บรรทัดmái ban-tátruler; straightedgeอันนี้an néeอันนี้an néethis; this one (near the speaker)ทำจากtam jàakทำจากtam jàak1[to] be made of/from [sth]2[to] make [sth] from [sth]เหล็กlèkเหล็กlèk1iron (metal)2rebar; steel bar3iron (golf club)4steel; reinforcing bar5iron (clothes-pressing device)จึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความแข็งkwaam kăengความแข็งkwaam kăeng1hardness (materials)2stiffness (engineering)มากกว่าmâak gwàaมากกว่าmâak gwàa1more; to a greater degree2more than; over (with numbers/amounts)3[to] exceed; be greater thanไม้บรรทัดmái ban-tátไม้บรรทัดmái ban-tátruler; straightedgeพลาสติกpláat-sà-dtìkพลาสติกpláat-sà-dtìk1plastic (material)2plastic (made of plastic)
This ruler is made of steel, so it has more stiffness than a plastic ruler.
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ความแข็งkwaam kăengความแข็งkwaam kăenghardness (materials)