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fineness

/fahyn-nis/US // ˈfaɪn nɪs //UK // (ˈfaɪnnɪs) //

细度,精度,精细度,纯度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or quality of being fine.
    • : the proportion of pure precious metal in an alloy, often expressed in parts per thousand.

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Examples

  • It’ll grind beans to espresso-grade fineness, compress them into a dense puck for flavor extraction, brew one or two shots at a time, and even froth milk for luxurious lattes.

  • And yet WFB recognized in his friend Al a fineness of mind and principle.

  • It weighed scarce one maes, or nine diezmos, of the fineness of eighteen or nineteen carats, alloyed with silver.

  • But in the fineness of the leaf, tobacco culture has made its greatest stride.

  • Of commercial fertilizers, Peruvian guano is doubtless one of the best—imparting both color and fineness to the leaf.

  • Stanley Hall, attracted by the fineness of the night, also remained on deck a short time after the others were gone.

  • They are generally thickest in the middle, while their teeth are of various degrees of fineness and of different forms.