thickness
The property of being thick (in dimension).
Other meanings
A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
“The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.”
The quality of being thick (in consistency).
“Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.”
Related words
- outerthickness
- thicknesser
- dry film thickness
- half-value thickness
- paper-thickness
Word history
From Old English "þicnes".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “thickness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.