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Thickness

//ˈθɪknəs// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being thick (in dimension). uncountable
  2. 2
    resistance to flow wordnet
  3. 3
    A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is. countable, uncountable

    "The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres."

  4. 4
    the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width wordnet
  5. 5
    A layer. countable

    "We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on."

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  1. 6
    used of a line or mark wordnet
  2. 7
    The quality of being thick (in consistency). uncountable

    "Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness."

  3. 8
    indistinct articulation wordnet
  4. 9
    The property of being thick (slow to understand). informal, uncountable
  5. 10
    The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer. transitive

    "Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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