fineness
English
noun
Definitions
- The quality or degree of being fine.
- The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities.
- The ratio of length to width of a ship, aircraft or rocket
Etymology
Suffix from English fine (pay a penalty).
Origin
English
fine
Gloss
pay a penalty
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- finable English
- fine English
- fine-grained English
- fineable English
- finedraw English
- finedrawn English
- fineish English
- fineless English
- finely English
- finesome English
- finespun English
- finify English
- hyperfine English
- microfine English
- overfine English
- overfineness English
- post-fine English
- refine English
- superfine English
- ultrafine English
- unfine English
- fin Middle English
- faini Swahili
- faen Bislama