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Webster 1913 Edition


Thickness

Thick′ness

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Noun.
[AS.
[GREEK]icnes
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The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Webster 1828 Edition


Thickness

THICK'NESS

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Noun.
The state of being thick; denseness; density; as the thickness of fog, vapor or clouds.
1.
The state of being concrete or inspissated; consistence; spissitude; as the thickness of paint or mortar; the thickness of honey; the thickness of the blood.
2.
The extent of a body from side to side, or from surface to surface; as the thickness of a tree; the thickness of a board; the thickness of the hand; the thickness of a layer of earth.
3.
Closeness of the parts; the state of being crowded or near; as the thickness of trees in a forest; the thickness of a wood.
4.
The state of being close, dense or impervious; as the thickness of shades.
5.
Dullness of the sense of hearing; want of quickness or acuteness; as thickness of hearing.

Definition 2024


thickness

thickness

English

Measuring the thickness of a guitar pick with calipers. The measured thickness is 2.0 mm.

Noun

thickness (countable and uncountable, plural thicknesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
  2. (uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
    The thickness of the Earth's crust is varies from two to 70 kilometres.
  3. (countable) A layer.
    We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
  4. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
    Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
  5. (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).

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layer See layer

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