Meaning & use
Fineness
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The quality of being of high quality, delicate, or precise; also, the proportion of pure metal in an alloy, especially gold or silver.
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The tailor was praised for the fineness of his stitching.
The coin's fineness of .999 indicates it is nearly pure silver.
A note on using this word
In precious metals, 'fineness' is expressed as parts per thousand, so a fineness of .999 means 99.9% pure.
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