Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being fine, in any sense.
- noun Specifically, the quantity of pure metal in alloys expressed by number of parts in 1,000.
- noun Finesse; subtlety.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or condition of being fine.
- noun Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity.
- noun The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.
- noun Keenness or sharpness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities.
- noun The ratio of a ship's length to her beam.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being very good indeed
- noun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
- noun having a very fine texture
- noun the property of being very narrow or thin
Etymologies
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Examples
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The very slender base, despite of an apparent fragility and fineness, is solid and resistant thanks to a special tempering treatment of the glass.
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The very slender base, despite of an apparent fragility and fineness, is solid and resistant thanks to a special tempering treatment of the glass.
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But in the process of recalibrating to go after Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, the Jetta loses a certain German fineness and desirability.
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When buying soft luggage, check the denier of a fabric, a measurement that refers to the fineness of the yarn.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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When buying soft luggage, check the denier of a fabric, a measurement that refers to the fineness of the yarn.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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When buying soft luggage, check the denier of a fabric, a measurement that refers to the fineness of the yarn.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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The only thing that ever made his heart laugh was the idea of fineness finding place in himself.
This Is the End Stella Benson 1912
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The size of the grounds, called the fineness of the grind, is determined how long the cutting blades are allowed to chop up the beans.
INeedCoffee 2010
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Soul and body were not thought to be radically different in kind; their difference seemed just to consist in a difference in degree of properties such as fineness and mobility.
Ancient Theories of Soul Lorenz, Hendrik 2009
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It can be said that the unconscious states in question lack the kind of fineness of grain and richness of content necessary to count as genuinely perceptual states.
Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness Carruthers, Peter 2007
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