from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]