thickness
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The cognitive dissonance contributed to the thickness in the air that week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The team discovered that the effect depends strongly on the thickness of the metal layer.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
Give kids the thickness of a community of cousins, aunts, uncles and other relatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Weatherhead says the thickness of the skin affects how well red light can penetrate.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Though just barely substantial enough to support body weight, the rime was plastered over the rock to a thickness of two or three feet, so I kept plugging upward.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Earlier versions of such gratings, made from materials like silicon or gallium compounds, required thicknesses of several hundred nanometers to function effectively.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
Norwegian surveys have proven crust deposits with thicknesses of up to 40 centimetres.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
There are different curl patterns, porosity, and thicknesses of hair.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 22, 2023
The team then tested the stability of the lava under a range of speeds, viscosities, and layer thicknesses.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 9, 2023
The helm was an enormous thing like an oil drum, padded inside with two thicknesses of leather and three inthes of straw.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
