thickness

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
2. (countable, uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
3. (countable) A layer.
4. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
5. (informal, uncountable) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
6. (countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.

Verb

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

Synonyms

density

closeness

denseness

size

largeness

heaviness

thick

viscosity

solidity

compactness

stickiness

stoutness

layer

bulkiness

width

consistence

consistency

bigness

crowdedness

breadth

ply

wideness

intensity

fold

strength

viscous

viscousness

wide

adhesive power

dense growth

composure and dignity

become thick

compactedness

pursiness

weight

soupiness

adhesiveness

density scale

adiposeness

adiposity

bulk

concentration

congestion

corpulence

crowd

dense

embonpoint

fatness

gage

gauge

Translations

épaisseur

Dicke

spessore

espesor

grosor

dikte

grossezza

gruix

espessura

Stärke

grosseur

lijvigheid

vigoria

grossura

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɪknəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thikkenesse

Inherited from Old English: þicnes

Cognate with Western Frisian: tsjokkens

Cognate with Old High German: dickinessī

In summary

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”).