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thick·ness  (thkns)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being thick.
2. The dimension between two surfaces of an object, usually the dimension of smallest measure.
3. A layer, sheet, stratum, or ply: Each floor is a single thickness of concrete.

thickness [ˈθɪknɪs]
n
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
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Noun1.thicknessthickness - the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
gauge - the thickness of wire
tenuity, thinness, slenderness - relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"
2.thickness - indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily"
articulation - the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
3.thickness - used of a line or mark
broadness, wideness - the property of being wide; having great width
4.thickness - resistance to flow
consistency, eubstance, consistence, body - the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
semifluidity - a property midway between a solid and a liquid
creaminess, soupiness - the property of having the thickness of heavy cream
thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"

thickness
noun
1. width, depth, breadth, broadness, extent a sheet of glass of negligible thickness
2. density, heaviness, denseness the tumbling thickness of his hair
Translations
thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] N
1. (= denseness) [of wall, door, layer] → grosor m, espesor m; [of line, slice, fabric, lens] → grosor m; [of hair] → abundancia f; [of fur, carpet] → lo tupido; [of smoke] → densidad f; [of cream, sauce] → lo espeso
it is 4mm in thicknesstiene 4 milímetros de grosor
2. (= layer) → capa f
three thicknesses of materialtres capas de tela

thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] n
(= width) [layer, slice, wood] → épaisseur f; [wire] → grosseur f
(= layer) → couche f

thickness
n
Dicke f; (of wall, thread, legs, arms also)Stärke f; the thickness of his lipsseine dicken or wulstigen Lippen; it is sold in three different thicknesseses wird in drei verschiedenen Dicken or Stärken verkauft
(of hair, fog, smoke)Dicke f; (of forest, hedge, beard)Dichte f; (of liquid, sauce, syrup etc)Dickflüssigkeit f; (of accent)Stärke f; the thickness of his voice (through cold) → seine belegte Stimme; (through drink) → seine schwere Zunge; (through emotion) → seine bewegte Stimme; (through fear) → seine bebende Stimme
(= layer)Lage f, → Schicht f

thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] n (gen) → spessore m; (of fog) → densità f inv; (of hair) → foltezza
thickness [ˈθɪknɪs] n (gen) → spessore m; (of fog) → densità f inv; (of hair) → foltezza

thickness سَماكة tloušťka tykkelse Dicke πάχος grosor paksuus épaisseur gustoća spessore 厚さ 두께 dikte tykkelse grubość espessura толщина tjocklek ความหนา kalınlık độ dày 厚度


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That blubber is something of the consistence of firm, close-grained beef, but tougher, more elastic and compact, and ranges from eight or ten to twelve and fifteen inches in thickness.
The whale line is only two thirds of an inch in thickness.
You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness NIL, has no real existence.
 
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