thickness
/ˈθɪknəs/ noun B2- The property of being thick (in dimension).
- A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is. · The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.· Guitar picks come in different thicknesses.
- A layer. · We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
- The quality of being thick (in consistency). · Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.
- The property of being thick (slow to understand).
- The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.
Plural thicknesses
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He pointed to one corner, in which lay the great Head, made out of many thicknesses of paper, and with a carefully painted face.
And if he fights--O Rikki!” He looked at the thickness of the neck below the hood, but that was too much for him; and a bite near the tail would only make Nag savage.
It is a prison within a prison; the walls are double the thickness of the rest.
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