fineness

How To Use fineness In A Sentence

• Rock salt is what the salt mined from underground is called, whether it is literally mined in solid form (a practice now rare) or pumped up to the surface and then evaporated, to be crystallized to the desired degree of fineness.
• Broadly speaking, the modular design is perhaps the most flexible, but it may sacrifice fineness of control for generality of purpose.
• All Britannia coins have a millesimal fineness of 916 gold.
• Chinese rugs are graded according to the fineness of their knotting.
• The birth type had significant effects on the degree of cashmere fineness, the body weight of Cashmere goat, the birth weight, the weaning weight and the daily weight gain.
• Still another variety, greyish-black and generally associated with hæmatite iron ore, is called emery, and, when ground in different degrees of fineness, is so well known by its general use as a polishing medium as to need no description. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
• I wondered what they were thinking, then pondered on the fineness of the dividing line between exhilarating adventure and irresponsibility.
• It is also a well-established truth, that the larger the frame of the animal, the coarser is the meat, and that small bones are both guarantees for the fineness of the breed and the delicacy of the flesh. The Book of Household Management
• The fineness of a cocoa powder affects both the flavor development and the mouthfeel of the finished product.
• Hair texture is measured by the degree of fineness or coarseness of your hair, which varies according to the diameter of each individual hair.