thickness
/ˈθɪknəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres."
- "Guitar picks come in different thicknesses."
- "it was found that without the potash the process gave as good a film as with it, but took very much longer to deposit the silver of a sufficient thickness"
- "The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail."
- "Whether made by a small business or a household name like Scotch, washi tape comes in countless colors, patterns and thicknesses and can be used for just as many adhesive-related projects, from decorating envelopes and empty jars to creating section dividers and adhering photos/ephemera in journals."
- "We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: thikkenesse, þicnes, *þikkwīnassī
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Antonyms
thinness
fluidity
liquidity
runniness
wateriness
mental acuity
mental agility
quick-wittedness
sharpness