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thickness

thick·ness

UK/ˈθɪknəs/ US/ˈθɪknʌs/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

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2.

used of a line or mark

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3.

resistance to flow

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • dry film thickness
  • half-value thickness

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