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fineness
finenessstate of being fine; superior quality; proportion of pure precious metal in an alloy: The fineness of the diamond was extraordinary.
Not to be confused with:finesse – extreme delicacy in performance; skill; adroitness; trick or stratagem; skill in handling a highly sensitive situation; adroit and artful management: exceptional diplomatic finessefine 1 F0126200 (fīn)adj. fin·er, fin·est 1. a. Of superior quality, skill, or appearance: a fine day; a fine wine.b. Excellent in character or ability: a fine person; a fine writer.2. Very small in size, weight, or thickness: fine type; fine paper.3. a. Free from impurities.b. Metallurgy Containing pure metal in a specified proportion or amount: gold 21 carats fine.4. Very sharp; keen: a blade with a fine edge.5. Thin; slender: fine hairs.6. Carefully or delicately made or done: fine china. See Synonyms at exquisite.7. Consisting of very small particles; not coarse: fine dust.8. a. Marginally different or subtle: a fine difference.b. Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision; sensitive: has a fine eye for color.9. Trained to the highest degree of physical efficiency: a fine racehorse.10. Characterized by refinement or elegance: people in the finest society.11. Satisfactory; acceptable: Handing in your paper on Monday is fine.12. Being in a state of satisfactory health; quite well: "How are you?" "I'm fine."13. Used as an intensive: a fine mess.adv.1. Finely.2. Informal Very well: doing fine.tr. & intr.v. fined, fin·ing, fines To make or become finer, purer, or cleaner.
[Middle English fin, from Old French, from Latin fīnis, end, supreme degree.]
fine′ness n.
fine 2 F0126200 (fīn)n.1. A sum of money required to be paid especially to the government as a penalty for an offense.2. Obsolete An end; a termination.tr.v. fined, fin·ing, fines To require the payment of a fine from; impose a fine on.Idiom: in fine1. In conclusion; finally.2. In summation; in brief.
[Middle English fin, from Old French, settlement, compensation, from Medieval Latin fīnis, from Latin, end.]
fin′a·ble, fine′a·ble adj.
fi·ne 3 F0126400 (fē′nā)n. Music The end.
[Italian, from Latin fīnis, end.]fineness (ˈfaɪnnɪs) n1. the state or quality of being fine2. (Metallurgy) a measurement of the purity of precious metal, expressed as the number of parts per thousand that is precious metalfine•ness (ˈfaɪn nɪs)
n. 1. the state or quality of being fine. 2. the proportion of pure precious metal in an alloy, often expressed in parts per thousand. [1400–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | fineness - the quality of being very good indeed; "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine"choicenesshigh quality, superiority - the quality of being superior | | 2. | fineness - the property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair"thinnessnarrowness - the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road" | | 3. | fineness - having a very fine texture; "the fineness of the sand on the beach"powderinesssmoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" | | 4. | fineness - the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"daintiness, delicacyelegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" |
finenessnounThe quality of being exceptionally good of its kind:excellence, superbness, superiority.TranslationsIdiomsSeefinefineness
fineness[′fīn·nəs] (mathematics) For a partition of a metric space, the least upper bound on distances between points in the same member of the partition. For a partition of an interval into subintervals, the length of the longest subinterval. Also known as mesh; norm. (metallurgy) Degree of purity of gold or silver in parts per thousand. fineness1. A measure of particle-size distribution. 2. In paints, a measure of the size of pigment particles.fineness
FinenessA measure of the purity of a precious metal as a unit of 1,000. That is, a fineness measure of 1 means that 0.1% of a substance is a given precious metal, while a measure of 1,000 means that 100% is the metal. Fineness is important to commodities and futures involving precious metals, in which the quality of the underlying metals must be specified in the contract.fineness A measure of the purity of a precious metal. Fineness is quoted in parts per thousand, with 1,000 fine being equivalent to 24-karat gold and 583.3 fine being equivalent to 14-karat gold.fineness
Related to fineness: Fineness modulus, Fineness ratioSynonyms for finenessnoun the quality of being exceptionally good of its kindSynonyms- excellence
- superbness
- superiority
Synonyms for finenessnoun the quality of being very good indeedSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the property of being very narrow or thinSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun having a very fine textureSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearanceSynonymsRelated Words |