Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or degree of being fine.

    the quality of being very good indeed

  2. (countable, uncountable)The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities.

    Feingehalt

    про́баpróba

    про́баpróba

  3. (countable, uncountable)The ratio of length to width of a ship, aircraft or rocket

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Among other things, carats are a measure of gold's fineness.

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  2. When the Tsar saw the linen he was struck with astonishment at its fineness and beauty.

    ruКогда царь увидел полотно, он был поражен от изумления, каким оно было тонким и прекрасным.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ratio in a precious metal:
Русский
By meaning 1
ratio in a precious metal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ratio in a precious metal:

Forms

plural: finenesses
Singularfineness
Pluralfinenesses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfine

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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