thickness

plural thicknesses

1. uncountableThe property of being thick (in dimension).

   Synonyms: fatness · Antonyms: thinness

2. countableuncountableA measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

   Guitar picks come in different thicknesses.

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

   it was found that without the potash the process gave as good a film as with it, but took very much longer to deposit the silver of a sufficient thickness

   1892, Royal Astronomical Society, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, volumes 50-51, Blackwell Scientific, page 162

   The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail.

   2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN

   Whether made by a small business or a household name like Scotch, washi tape comes in countless colors, patterns and thicknesses and can be used for just as many adhesive-related projects, from decorating envelopes and empty jars to creating section dividers and adhering photos/ephemera in journals.

   2025 January 6, Daniel Toy, “I’ve been journaling for more than 20 years. Here are my 25 favorite journaling supplies”, in CNN

   Synonyms: depth

3. countableA layer.

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

   Synonyms: layer, stratum

4. uncountableThe quality of being thick (in consistency).

   Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.

   Synonyms: viscosity, density, viscosity

5. informaluncountableThe property of being thick (slow to understand).
6. countablegraph theoryThe minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.

present singular third person thicknesses · participle present thicknessing · participle past thicknessed · past thicknessed

1. transitiveTo 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.

   2003, Garrett Hack, The Handplane Book, page 143