thicknesses

Noun

thickness (countable and uncountable, plural thicknesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).

   Synonyms:

   fatness

   Antonyms:

   thinness

2. A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
   • The thickness of the Earth's crust varies from two to 70 kilometres.

   Synonyms:

   depth

3. (countable) A layer.
   • We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.

   Synonyms:

   layer, stratum

4. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
   • Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness.

   Synonyms:

   viscosity, density

5. (informal, uncountable) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
6. (countable) The minimum number of planar subgraphs which a given graph can decompose into.

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