thickness

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English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪknəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪknəs
• Hyphenation: thick‧ness

Noun

thickness (countable and uncountable, plural thicknesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
2. (uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

3. (countable) A layer.

4. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).

5. (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
6. (graph theory, countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “in consistency”): fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness
• (antonym(s) of “property of being stupid”): mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness

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Verb

thickness (third-person singular simple present thicknesses, present participle thicknessing, simple past and past participle thicknessed)

1. (transitive) To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer.

Further reading

• Thickness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nitschkes, shitnecks, tschinkes