thick nessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈθɪknəs/
• 韻: -ɪknəs
• ハイフネーション: thick‧ness

名詞

thickness (countable and uncountable, plural thicknesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).

   Antonym: thinness

2. (uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.

   Coordinate terms: length, width, height, depth

   The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.

   Guitar picks come in different thicknesses.

   • 2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN‎:

     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.

   • 2025 January 6, Daniel Toy, “I’ve been journaling for more than 20 years. Here are my 25 favorite journaling supplies”, in CNN‎:

     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.

3. (countable) A layer.

   We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.

4. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).

   Synonym: viscosity

   Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.

5. (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
6. (graph theory, countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.

同意語

• (the property of being thick in dimension): fatness
• (measure): depth
• (layer): layer, stratum
• (in consistency): density, viscosity
• (property of being stupid): denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “in consistency”): fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness
• (antonym(s) of “property of being stupid”): mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness

派生語

動詞

thickness (third-person singular simple present thicknesses, present participle thicknessing, simple past and past participle thicknessed)

1. (transitive) To trim (wood) to a consistent thickness using a thickness planer.
   • 2003, Garrett Hack, The Handplane Book, page 143:

     Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane.

Further reading

• Thickness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Nitschkes, shitnecks, tschinkes