thickness (redirected from thicknesses)

thick·ness  (thkns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being thick.

2. The dimension between two surfaces of an object, usually the dimension of smallest measure.

3. A layer, sheet, stratum, or ply: Each floor is a single thickness of concrete.

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thickness [ˈθɪknɪs]

n

1. the state or quality of being thick

2. the dimension through an object, as opposed to length or width

3. a layer of something

4. a thick part

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Thickness 

See Also: ABUNDANCE

1. Newspaper … thick as a folded bath towel —W. P. Kinsella
2. Richly covered … as a hen is with feathers —Anon
3. Thick … as a brier patch with briers —Ellen Glasgow
4. Thick as a mist —Percy Bysshe Shelley
5. Thick as autumnal leaves —John Milton
6. Thick as blood —Anon

   This is used with many different reference points. To cite two examples from current fiction: “An aroma thick as blood” from Frank Conroy’s Stop-Time and “Automobile traffic thick as blood” from the story, White Gardens, by Mark Helprin.

7. Thick as elephant trunks —Kay Boyle
8. Thick as foreign coffee —Sylvia Plath
9. (The atmosphere of sex is) thick as the dark —John Rechy
10. (Exudes self-disgust) thick as the smell of a slept-in undershirt —Rosellen Brown
11. (Fog) thick as night —Gertrude Atherton

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thickness - the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) gauge - the thickness of wire tenuity, thinness, slenderness - relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
	2.	thickness - indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily" articulation - the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
	3.	thickness - used of a line or mark heaviness broadness, wideness - the property of being wide; having great width
	4.	thickness - resistance to flow consistency, eubstance, consistence, body - the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" semifluidity - a property midway between a solid and a liquid creaminess, soupiness - the property of having the thickness of heavy cream thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"

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thickness

noun

1. width, depth, breadth, broadness, extent a sheet of glass of negligible thickness

2. density, heaviness, denseness the tumbling thickness of his hair

Translations

thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] N

1. (= denseness) [of wall, door, layer] → grosor m, espesor m; [of line, slice, fabric, lens] → grosor m; [of hair] → abundancia f; [of fur, carpet] → lo tupido; [of smoke] → densidad f; [of cream, sauce] → lo espeso
it is 4mm in thickness → tiene 4 milímetros de grosor

2. (= layer) → capa f
three thicknesses of material → tres capas de tela

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thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] n

(= width) [layer, slice, wood] → épaisseur f; [wire] → grosseur f

(= layer) → couche f

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thickness

n

→ Dicke f; (of wall, thread, legs, arms also) → Stärke f; the thickness of his lips → seine dicken or wulstigen Lippen; it is sold in three different thicknesses → es wird in drei verschiedenen Dicken or Stärken verkauft

(of hair, fog, smoke) → Dicke f; (of forest, hedge, beard) → Dichte f; (of liquid, sauce, syrup etc) → Dickflüssigkeit f; (of accent) → Stärke f; the thickness of his voice (through cold) → seine belegte Stimme; (through drink) → seine schwere Zunge; (through emotion) → seine bewegte Stimme; (through fear) → seine bebende Stimme

(= layer) → Lage f, → Schicht f

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thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] n (gen) → spessore m; (of fog) → densità f inv; (of hair) → foltezza

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thickness → سَماكة tloušťka tykkelse Dicke πάχος grosor paksuus épaisseur gustoća spessore 厚さ 두께 dikte tykkelse grubość espessura толщина tjocklek ความหนา kalınlık độ dày 厚度