defiantness

defiantness

(dɪˈfaɪəntnəs)
n
the state or quality of being defiant
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"The business was established before I became connected with it, sir; nor is it for you to institute an inquiry of that kind," he answered, not raising his voice, but speaking with quick defiantness.
Substituting (30), (33) into (29), and taking into account both positive defiantness (in the sense of ({PHI]([w.sub.n], [F.sub.n]),G[[PHI]([w.sub.n], [F.sub.n])]) [greater than or equal to] [alpha][[parallel][PHI]([w.sub.n], [F.sub.n])[parallel].sup.2]) and the constraints of operator G[*], one gets