English-Dutch translations for hardness

• hardheid
  Ten eerste is de hardheid van het water van invloed op de dosering. Firstly, how much to use depends on the hardness of the water.
  De producenten zouden dan verplicht zijn inderhaast de structuur van de band en de hardheid van het rubber te veranderen, wat ten koste gaat van de grip op de weg. Manufacturers would therefore be obliged to urgently modify the structure of the tyre and the hardness of the rubber by reducing the grip.
• stugheid

Definition of hardness

• The quality of being hard
• An instance of this quality; hardship
• The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material
• The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure when subjected to attack

Related words

• hardness gage
• water hardness
• shore hardness