thickness
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While the thickness was similar, the condition declined with age.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The cognitive dissonance contributed to the thickness in the air that week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Using earthquake waves, the team was able to map the thickness and structure of the lithosphere beneath different continents.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
They maintained that frequently used regions of the brain received increased blood flow and that the skull’s shape and thickness were affected as a result.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Someone as interested as she herself in the flow of her imagined hair, the thickness of the mattress of flowers, die voile sleeves that closed below her elbows in gold-threaded cuffs.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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
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
Unlike a car bumper or a plastic bottle, which holds its shape as a robot handles it, cloth is floppy and comes in an endless array of thicknesses and textures.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2022
Hank has me try on different thicknesses of socks until he’s satisfied that my socket fits right.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
