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thicknesses

[thik-nis]

thick·ness

[thik-nis]
noun
1.
the state or quality of being thick.
2.
the measure of the smallest dimension of a solid figure: a board of two-inch thickness.
3.
the thick part or body of something: the thickness of the leg.
4.
a layer, stratum, or ply: three thicknesses of cloth.
verb (used with object)
5.
to bring (a piece, as a board) to a uniform thickness.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English thiknesse, Old English thicnes. See thick, -ness
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thickness thick·ness (thĭk'nĭs)
n.

  1. The quality or condition of being thick.

  2. The dimension between two surfaces of an object, usually the one of smallest measure.

  3. A layer or stratum.

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