thinness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
    tenuity; slenderness.
    • the tenuity of a hair
    • the thinness of a rope
  2. noun the property of having little body fat
    leanness; spareness.
  3. noun the property of being very narrow or thin
    fineness.
    • he marvelled at the fineness of her hair
  4. noun the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
    sparsity; sparseness; spareness.
  5. noun a consistency of low viscosity
    • he disliked the thinness of the soup

WordNet


Thin"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

Webster 1913