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thickness

DEFINITIONS OF: thickness

1

n the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

Antonyms:
slenderness, tenuity, thinness
relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Types:
gauge
the thickness of wire
Type of:
dimension
the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

n used of a line or mark

Synonyms:
heaviness
Type of:
broadness, wideness
the property of being wide; having great width

n resistance to flow

Antonyms:
thinness
a consistency of low viscosity
Types:
semifluidity
a property midway between a solid and a liquid
creaminess, soupiness
the property of having the thickness of heavy cream
Type of:
body, consistence, consistency, eubstance
the property of holding together and retaining its shape

n indistinct articulation

“judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily”
Type of:
articulation
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
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