Dictionary

doneness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English done Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English doneness From done + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The extent to which a food has been cooked.
   • Testing the temperature with a candy thermometer is the most accurate way to determine the doneness of a syrup. 2004, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Baking, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 207:
   • Unlike meat cookery, in which doneness is specified by customer order and determined by temperature, ... 2010, Lou Sackett, Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 91:
   • In this section we look at how to test doneness of baked goods using three methods: observation, touch tests, and internal temperature. 2011, McFadden Layton, Linda Larsen, Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 53:
2. (countable, uncountable) The property of being finished; completion.
   • You can use a metaphor as a loose form of doneness testing. In one workshop, we used a bull's-eye. I created a poster with a bull's-eye showing concentric circles with the label "100%" in the center. 2002, Ellen Gottesdiener, Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs:
   • EVR is intended to give you objective evidence of partial doneness, something that will allow you to draw—and believe in—a picture like this: There will still be a period early in the project when progress is supported only by faith. 2013, Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister, Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects, page 125:

Forms

Translations (4)

fi kypsyysaste (extent to which a food has been cooked) · fi kypsyys (extent to which a food has been cooked) · fi valmiusaste (property of being finished) · de Garstufe (extent to which a food has been cooked)