Thickness Definition

thĭknĭs
noun
The quality or condition of being thick.
Webster's New World
The measure of how thick a thing is, as distinguished from the length or width of any of its surfaces.
Webster's New World
A layer, stratum, etc.
Three thicknesses of cloth.
Webster's New World
The thickest place or part.
Webster's New World
(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
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Noun

Singular:
thickness
Plural:
thicknesses

Origin of Thickness

  • From Middle English thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy"), equivalent to thick +"Ž -ness.

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Thickness Sentence Examples

  • Borings show that the thickness of this group varies from 35 o ft.

  • The thickness varies from five to sixteen feet.

  • The seams vary in thickness.

  • In many Laminariaceae the thallus also grows regularly in thickness by division of its surface layer, adding to the subjacent permanent tissue and thus forming a secondary meristem.

  • It is evident that accurate knowledge of the character and structure of the rock-formations in petroliferous territories is of the greatest importance in enabling the expert to select favourable sites for drilling operations; hence on well-conducted petroleumproperties it is now customary to note the character and thickness of the strata perforated by the drill, so that a complete section may be prepared from the recorded data.

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Words Starting With

TTHTHI

Words Ending With

SSSESS

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