Plural of thickening

Forms of thickening

Thickenings in a sentence

• They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.1902, Edwin Hurry Fenwick, Obscure Diseases of the Urethra, page 30
• The placodes are localized thickenings of the cephalic surface ectoderm.1974, Herbert Tuchmann-Duplessis, G. David, P. Haegel, Illustrated Human Embryology, Volumes 1-3, Springer, page 94. From the entry placode
• Such intracuticular thickenings typically occur around plate articulations, hence the thickenings could indicate a beginning plate differentiation, or alternatively, be the last trace of two plates that have fused.2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry intracuticular

Meaning of thickening

1. noun The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
2. noun A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
3. noun A thickened part of a structure.

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Questions about the plural of thickening

What is the plural of thickening?

The plural of thickening is thickenings.

Is thickening countable?

Thickening is a countable and uncountable noun.