thickness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   indistinct articulation

   Judging from the thickness of their speech, they had been drinking heavily.

2. 2
   noun

   A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

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

3. 3
   noun

   A layer.

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

4. 4
   noun

   The quality of being thick (in consistency).

   Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.

5. 5
   verb

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   resistance to flow

7. 7
   noun

   the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

8. 8
   noun

   used of a line or mark

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”).