plural of thickness

[chorb]

So lets say I am talking about the thickness of different layers, would I say:

The different layer thicknesses are causing a problem in production.

or

The difference in thickness of the layers are causing a problem in production.

Is "thicknesses" even a real word?

 

[legoman666]

The spell checked in firefox doesn't underline it red. It must be a word.

 

[MaxDepth]

It has no plural although being a noun.


"The cake has multiple layers of varying thickness."

 

[Tiamat]

I believe you just use "thickness" even for plural use.

"The different layers, a, b, and c have thickness, 10,9, and 5 respectively.

 

[antyler]

thickness' ?

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: antyler
thickness' ?

that's possessive

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: chorb
So lets say I am talking about the thickness of different layers, would I say:

The different layer thicknesses are causing a problem in production.

or

The difference in thickness of the layers are causing a problem in production.

Is "thicknesses" even a real word?

I believe you would make "difference" plural. That first thing you wrote makes no sense, even if "thicknesses" is a word.

 

[FoBoT]

i think it is like cactus (cactii)
so it should be , "thickii"

 

[clamum]

Thickni.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i think it is like cactus (cactii)
so it should be , "thickii"

:laugh:

 

[Skunkwourk]

The differences in thickness of each layer are causing a problem with production.

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i think it is like cactus (cactii)
so it should be , "thickii"

Don't be stupid. "ii" is for words that end in "us", for words that end in "ness" its "ee".

So the correct way to say that is "The thicknee of different layers..."

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i think it is like cactus (cactii)
so it should be , "thickii"

Don't be stupid. "ii" is for words that end in "us", for words that end in "ness" its "ee".

So the correct way to say that is "The thicknee of different layers..."

Henry Jones Sr. voice: But in Latin, "i" is pronounced "ee"... oh dear.

 

[FoBoT]

er, ok , thicknee , sure, sounds good to me :thumbsup:

 

[Modeps]

Its just "thickness"

 

[RichUK]

Oh dear.

 

[Injury]

Just say "The difference in layer thickness is..." and be certain.

Originally posted by: legoman666
The spell checked in Firefox doesn't underline it red. It must be a word.

Not to be an ass, but as your post shows, just because it isn't underlined in red doesn't mean it's grammatically correct.

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: clamum
Thickni.

Damn... You uys beat me too it.

Dave

 

[TwiceOver]

Drop it into MS Word. If it doesn't have the red squiggle then it MUST be a real word.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Thicknesses is a word.

I'm very disappointed that those among you who didn't know couldn't even google it to find that out.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: chorb
So lets say I am talking about the thickness of different layers, would I say:

The different layer thicknesses are causing a problem in production.

or

The difference in thickness of the layers are causing a problem in production.

Is "thicknesses" even a real word?

Thicknessess is a word. The first sentence is fine gramatically. However, because the focus is on the differences in the thickness of the layer, and not on the specific thicknesses themselves, you should use a sentence where "differences" is pluralized.

"The differences in layer thickness are causing a problem in production."

It's also easier to read as "thicknesses" is a bizarre, cumbersome word.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: chorb
So lets say I am talking about the thickness of different layers, would I say:

The different layer thicknesses are causing a problem in production.

or

The difference in thickness of the layers are causing a problem in production.

Is "thicknesses" even a real word?

The layers' thickness difference are causing a problem in production.

 

[Steve]

Widths.