thinness

thin  (thn)

adj. thin·ner, thin·nest

1.

a. Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension: a thin book.

b. Not great in diameter or cross section; fine: thin wire.

2. Lean or slender in form, build, or stature.

3.

a. Not dense or concentrated; sparse: the thin vegetation of the plateau.

b. More rarefied than normal: thin air.

4.

a. Flowing with relative ease; not viscous: a thin oil.

b. Watery: thin soup.

5. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty: a thin menu; thin trading.

6. Lacking force or substance; flimsy: a thin attempt.

7. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny: The piano had a thin sound.

8. Lacking radiance or intensity: thin light.

9. Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.

adv.

1. In a thin manner: Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle.

2. So as to be thin: Cut the cheese thin.

tr. & intr.v. thinned, thin·ning, thins

To make or become thin or thinner.

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[Middle English, from Old English thynne; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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thinly adv.

thinness n.

thinnish adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thinness - relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope" tenuity, slenderness dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) thickness - the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
	2.	thinness - the property of having little body fat leanness, spareness bodily property - an attribute of the body scrawniness, skinniness - the bodily property of lacking flesh boniness, bonyness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration - extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) slimness, slenderness, slightness - the property of an attractively thin person wiriness - the property of being lean and tough and sinewy
	3.	thinness - the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair" fineness narrowness - the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road"
	4.	thinness - the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness spareness, sparseness, sparsity exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
	5.	thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" 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" fluidity, fluidness, runniness, liquidity, liquidness - the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" wateriness - the property of resembling the viscosity of water thickness - resistance to flow

Translations

thinness [ˈθɪnnɪs] N

1. [of person, arms, face] → delgadez f; [of animal] → flacura f

2. [of layer, sheet, wall] → delgadez f; [of slice, line] → lo fino; [of fabric] → finura f

3. [of liquid, sauce, paint] → poco espesor m

4. [of excuse, argument] → pobreza f

5. [of air, atmosphere] → lo enrarecido

thinness [ˈθɪnnɪs] n

[layer, slice] → finesse f; [fingers, face] → maigreur f

[person, animal] → maigreur f

[fabric, coat, blouse, paper] → finesse f
thin-skinned [ˌθɪnˈskɪnd] adj [person] → susceptible

thinness

n

→ Dünnheit f, → Dünnigkeit f; (of dress, material) → Leichtheit f; (of liquid) → Dünnflüssigkeit f; (of paper, line, thread) → Feinheit f; (of column of print) → geringe Breite

(of person) → Magerkeit f

(= sparseness) the thinness of his hair → sein schütterer or spärlicher Haarwuchs; the thinness of the grass → das spärlich wachsende Gras

(= lack of density: of air) → Dünnheit f

(fig, of voice, smile) → Schwachheit f; (of excuse, disguise, plot) → Dürftigkeit f; (of trading) → Schlaffheit f; (of profits) → geringe Höhe; (of majority) → Knappheit f ? thin

thinness [ˈθɪnnɪs] n (gen) → sottigliezza; (of person) → magrezza; (of hair) → radezza; (of soup) → eccessiva liquidità; (of excuse) → debolezza

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thinness [ˈθɪnnɪs] n (gen) → sottigliezza; (of person) → magrezza; (of hair) → radezza; (of soup) → eccessiva liquidità; (of excuse) → debolezza