thickness

English

Thickness gauge

Measuring the thickness of a guitar pick with calipers. The measured thickness is 2.0 mm.

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”), equivalent to thick +‎ -ness. 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)

(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
(uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.
Guitar picks come in different thicknesses.

(countable) A layer.
We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).

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

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

Translations

property of being thick in dimension

Arabic: سَمَاكَة‎ f (samāka)
Armenian: հաստություն (hy) (hastutʿyun)
Belarusian: таўшчыня́ f (taŭščynjá)
Bulgarian: дебелина́ (bg) f (debeliná)
Catalan: espessor f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 厚度 (zh) (hòudù)
Czech: tloušťka (cs) f
Finnish: paksuus (fi)
French: épaisseur (fr) f, grosseur (fr) f
Galician: grosura f
German: Dicke (de) f
Greek: πάχος (el) n (páchos)
Ancient: πάχος n (pákhos)
Hungarian: vastagság (hu)
Irish: tiús m
Italian: spessore (it) m, grossezza (it) f
Japanese: 厚み (あつみ, atsumi)
Korean: 두께 (ko) (dukke)
Lao: ຄວາມຫນາ (khuām nā)
Latin: crassitūdō f
Latvian: biezums m, resnums
Macedonian: дебелина f (debelina)
Malay: ketebalan (ms)
Occitan: espessor (oc)
Polish: grubość (pl) f
Portuguese: grossura (pt) f, espessura (pt) f
Romanian: grosime (ro) f
Russian: толщина́ (ru) f (tolščiná)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дебљѝна f
Roman: debljìna (sh) f
Slovak: hrúbka f
Slovene: debelina f
Spanish: grosor (es) m, espesura (es) f
Thai: ความหนา (th) (kwaam-nǎa)
Ukrainian: товщина́ f (tovščyná)
Vietnamese: dày (vi)

measure

Armenian: հաստություն (hy) (hastutʿyun)
Bulgarian: дебелина (bg) (debelina)
Finnish: paksuus (fi)
French: épaisseur (fr) f
Galician: grosura f, grosor m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Dicke (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: πάχος n (pákhos)
Irish: tiús m
Japanese: 厚さ (ja) (あつさ, atsusa), 厚み (あつみ, atsumi)
Latin: crassitūdō f
Luxembourgish: Déckt f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tykkelse m, tjukkelse
Nynorsk: tjukn (nn) f, tjukkleik (nn) m
Russian: толщина́ (ru) f (tolščiná)
Spanish: grosor (es) m

layer — see layer

in consistency

Bulgarian: гъстота (bg) f (gǎstota)
German: Dicke (de) f
Japanese: 濃さ (こさ, kosa), 濃度 (ja) (のうど, nōdo), とろみ (toromi)
Russian: густота́ (ru) f (gustotá)
Telugu: చిక్కదనము (te) (cikkadanamu), చిక్కన (te) (cikkana)
Turkish: yoğunluk (tr)

informal: property of being stupid

Japanese: 鈍さ (にぶさ, nibusa)
Spanish: torpeza (es) f

Anagrams

Nitschkes, shitnecks, tschinkes