the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
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indistinct articulation
<noun.communication> judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily
used of a line or mark
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resistance to flow
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Thickness \Thick"ness\, n. [AS. ?icnes.] The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
The process involves a series of measurements to indicate the thickness of tissue that would have covered specific points on the skull, following formulas based on sex, age, weight and ethnic background.
But this is a crude process for jute, which has fibres up to two metres long and produces a yarn of great inconsistency in thickness and strength. BTTG decided to look instead at non-woven fibres.
The new equipment, which will produce steel sheet with more uniform thickness and flatness, is likely to cost more than $20 million, the company said.
The rating also would help consumers adjust the thickness of slices to specific needs.
The device takes into account its own 7/8-inch thickness.
"It was 17 below last night," Carroll said. "The thickness of the ice is increasing rapidly.
Charles Spoelhof, a member of the investigative team, said the board only estimated the washers' thickness because they were still mounted inside the reflective null corrector and weren't accessible.
In addition, the companies said they will begin charging full list prices for modifications to steel to meet certain specifications such as thickness and grade.
Width and thickness extras for carbon, high-strength, low-alloy and alloy plates under 3/8-inch thick will be increased by amounts ranging from $20 to $65 a ton.
The mass of the ventricle _ representing both its size and the thickness of the muscle _ is what is correlated with increased risk.
Motorola offers two alternative batteries, which increase talk time to 70 or 150 minutes, but also increase the phone's weight and thickness.
Tests revealed the hormone treatments helped shrink body fat, restore lean body mass lost through aging and increase the thickness of Bensing's skin.
(One micron is approximately 1/100th of the thickness of a human hair). The New Mexico factory, which is Intel's largest wafer fabrication plant, produces microprocessors, the brains of personal computers, and other advanced logic chips.
The zones have a combined net thickness of 440 feet of oil-bearing sand, the company said.
"The clouds could warm or cool the planet, depending on their thickness," he said.