Thickness vs False - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
(uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
(countable) A layer.
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun thickness
is (uncountable) the property of being thick (in dimension).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.thickness
English
Noun
- The thickness of the Earth's crust is varies from two to 70 kilometres.
- We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
- Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness .
Synonyms
* (the property of being thick in dimension) fatness * (measure) depth * (layer) layer, stratum * (in consistency) density, viscosity * (property of being stupid) denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadednessAntonyms
* (in consistency) fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness * (property of being stupid) mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpnessAnagrams
*false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}