thickness

noun

/ˈθɪknəs/

Etymology

From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī (“thickness”), equivalent to thick + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian tsjokkens (“thickness”), Old High German dickinessī, dikkinissi, diknissi (“thickness, density”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassitūdō (“thickness”).

inherited from *þikkwīnassī✻ — “thickness”
inherited from þicnes — “thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”
inherited from thikkenesse

Definitions

The property of being thick (in dimension).
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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.
- The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail.
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A layer.
- We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
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1. 4
  The quality of being thick (in consistency).
  - Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
2. The property of being thick (slow to understand).
3. The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.
4. 7
  To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer.
  - Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane.

The neighborhood

synonymdensenessproperty of being stupid
synonymslownessproperty of being stupid
synonymstupidityproperty of being stupid
synonymthickheadednessproperty of being stupid
antonymfluidityantonym(s) of “in consistency”
antonymliquidityantonym(s) of “in consistency”
antonymrunninessantonym(s) of “in consistency”
antonymthinnessantonym(s) of “in consistency”
antonymwaterinessantonym(s) of “in consistency”
antonymmental acuityantonym(s) of “property of being stupid”
antonymmental agilityantonym(s) of “property of being stupid”
antonymquick-wittednessantonym(s) of “property of being stupid”
antonymsharpnessantonym(s) of “property of being stupid”

Derived

dry film thickness, half-value thickness, paper-thickness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thickness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at thickness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at thickness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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