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View synonyms for fineness
fineness
[ fahyn-nis ]
noun
- the state or quality of being fine.
- the proportion of pure precious metal in an alloy, often expressed in parts per thousand.
ˈfineness
/ ˈfaɪnnɪs /
noun
- the state or quality of being fine
- a measurement of the purity of precious metal, expressed as the number of parts per thousand that is precious metal
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Example Sentences
And yet WFB recognized in his friend Al a fineness of mind and principle.
From The Daily Beast
It weighed scarce one maes, or nine diezmos, of the fineness of eighteen or nineteen carats, alloyed with silver.
From Project Gutenberg
But in the fineness of the leaf, tobacco culture has made its greatest stride.
From Project Gutenberg
Of commercial fertilizers, Peruvian guano is doubtless one of the best—imparting both color and fineness to the leaf.
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Stanley Hall, attracted by the fineness of the night, also remained on deck a short time after the others were gone.
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They are generally thickest in the middle, while their teeth are of various degrees of fineness and of different forms.
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