Definizione monolingua

thickening

thickening

1. Simple past tense and past participle of thicken.

thickening (plural thickenings)

1. the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
2. a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce
3. a thickened part of a structure
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 6

     […] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]

Definizione dizionario thickening

	ispessimento
	Any process beyond gravity sedimentation that increases the concentration of solids in sludge with or without the use of chemical flocculants. (Source: WWC)

Altri significati:

thickening (of organic tissue such as skin)

Simple past tense and past participle of thicken.

a thickened part of a structure

the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous

a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce