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thickness

[ thik-nis ]

noun

  1. the state or quality of being thick.
  2. the measure of the smallest dimension of a solid figure:

    a board of two-inch thickness.

  3. the thick part or body of something:

    the thickness of the leg.

  4. a layer, stratum, or ply:

    three thicknesses of cloth.



verb (used with object)

  1. to bring (a piece, as a board) to a uniform thickness.

thickness

/ ˈθɪ°ì²Ôɪ²õ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being thick
  2. the dimension through an object, as opposed to length or width
  3. a layer of something
  4. a thick part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of thickness1

before 900; Middle English thiknesse, Old English thicnes. See thick, -ness
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One of the skid blocks on Hamilton's car was found to be less than the required thickness after the race.

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Gently mix the two ingredients together, knead briefly and flatten out to about 1/2†thickness on a floured surface.

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As well as warmer seas, some storms also disrupted ice around the Barents and Bering Seas, with the consequences likely amplified by long-term reductions in sea-ice thickness.

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The Taser used on him was ineffective due to the thickness of his clothes, the hearing was told.

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Roach and the other researchers varied the strength of the magnetic field and studied how it and other factors, such as the thickness of each printed layer, affected molecular alignment.

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