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thin

[thin] / θɪn /






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In a North Carolina factory, it pulls glass strands as thin as a human hair, yet upward of 30 miles long.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the early afternoon of Dec. 22, 1984, four black teenagers were riding the subway in lower Manhattan when a thin and bespectacled man got on.

From The Wall Street Journal

The week’s data calendar is thin after the European Central Bank’s policy meeting where it left policy rates on hold, as expected.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new metasurface takes the form of an ultra thin chip covered with tiny structures that are smaller than the wavelength of light itself.

From Science Daily

Their results show that lakes could remain liquid beneath a thin layer of seasonal ice for decades and possibly longer, as long as overall climate conditions remained steady.

From Science Daily