relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
<noun.attribute> the tenuity of a hair the thinness of a rope
the property of having little body fat
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the property of being very narrow or thin
<noun.attribute> he marvelled at the fineness of her hair
the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
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a consistency of low viscosity
<noun.attribute> he disliked the thinness of the soup
Thinness \Thin"ness\, n. The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
"Most people are feeling that the supply thinness emanating from the special situations is easing," Platt said.
But traders emphasized that the thinness of the market made rate movements unreliable benchmarks, and that the predominant impulse was to ignore the market as much as possible.
But these design achievements can't really mask the thinness of what we're seeing and hearing on stage. "Shogun, The Musical" can occasionally dazzle the eye but it never touches the heart and mind.
Most dealers attributed Tuesday's dollar rally to internal market influences that were being exaggerated by the thinness of the market on the first trading day of the new year.
Larry Wachtel, market analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities in New York, said he thought the thinness of the market contributed to the gain.
They added that the size of the intervention was small in view of the thinness of the market.
While $2-a-pound copper may seem remote, the thinness of the market and the potential for a December "squeeze" in futures may bring about that price or more, the report said.
April platinum ended with a gain of $2 an ounce at $423.90, but was well off its high for the day of $429. The thinness of the pre-holiday market contributed to silver's strong advance, analysts said.