Definition of THICKNESS

thickness

Meanings

Plural: thicknesses

Noun

  • the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
  • indistinct articulation
    • "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily"
  • used of a line or mark
  • resistance to flow
  • The property of being thick (in dimension).
  • A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
  • A layer.
  • The quality of being thick (in consistency).
  • The property of being thick (slow to understand).
  • 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.

Origin / 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”).

Antonyms

fluidity, liquidity, mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, runniness, sharpness, thinness, wateriness

Scrabble Score: 18

thickness is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
thickness is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thickness is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

thickness is a valid Words With Friends word