[ UK /θˈɪknəs/ ]
[ US /ˈθɪknəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. indistinct articulation
    judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily
  2. the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
  3. used of a line or mark
  4. resistance to flow
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How To Use thickness In A Sentence

  • But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
  • The length should be that of the bandaging; the breadth, three or four fingers; thickness, three or fourfold; number so as to encircle the limb, neither more nor less; those applied for the purpose of rectifying a deformity, should be of such a length as to encircle it; the breadth and thickness being determined by the vacuity, which is not to be filled up at once. On The Surgery
  • To determine the exact width and thickness of the pieces you'll need, lift up a heat register or threshold and measure the exposed ends of the floorboards.
  • In time the glazer will learn to measure the thickness by feeling it with a fingernail. 9. Glaze application
  • Fig. 265 is a rebated joint with loose tongue-slip and astragal mould, suitable for frames over 1-1/4 in. in thickness. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.
  • In addition, a huge thickness of foredeep clastic rock in southern foreland basin is a favorable place of exploration of deep-basin gas and carbon dioxide gas pools.
  • The sphere s should be small and of uniform thickness; any dissymmetry of course has the effect to diminish the sensitiveness. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
  • (He pointed at the bundle she held, while she nodded proudly, beaming on me with good-nature and consciousness of success and prosperity.) "This overcoat is as good as a blanket," he went on, advancing the skirt of it that I might feel its thickness. THE SPIKE
  • The scanner takes more than 90 measurements of the hand in terms of length, width, thickness and surface area in the span of one second.
  • Wrap the cake in a double thickness of foil.
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