thickness
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes, from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī, equivalent to
- IPA: /ˈθɪknəs/
thickness
- (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
- (uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
- The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.
- Guitar picks come in different thicknesses.
- (countable) A layer.
- We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
- (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
- Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
- (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
- (graph theory, countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.
- (the property of being thick in dimension) fatness
- (measure) depth
- (layer) layer, stratum
- (in consistency) density, viscosity
- (property of being stupid) denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness
- (antonym(s) of “in consistency”): fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness
- (antonym(s) of “property of being stupid”): mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness
- French: épaisseur, grosseur
- German: Dicke
- Italian: spessore, grossezza
- Portuguese: grossura, espessura
- Russian: толщина́
- Spanish: grosor, espesura
- Spanish: torpeza
thickness (thicknesses, present participle thicknessing; simple past and past participle thicknessed)
- (transitive) To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer.
- 2003, Garrett Hack, The Handplane Book, page 143:
- Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane.
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