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What does fastness mean?

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Noun
  1. A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.
  2. The state of being fast.
    1. Firmness, security.
    2. Rapidity, swiftness.
  3. The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
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Many of the colors were not fast, although there is not agreement in the literature on fastness properties of the various dyes.
They lost the first by a big margin and drew the second 3 all in their mountain fastness.
Moreover, the sizing does not impact the hand of the fabric or the wash fastness of garments, the company reported.
It whinges and begs as it retreats, and we, from the fastness of our concrete-and-steel high-rise castles, despise it.
Even in a region famous for inaccessible high country stations, it's a fastness.
Remember peroxide is bleach so test an inconspicuous spot first for color fastness.

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