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Webster 1913 Edition
Thickness
Thick′ness
,Noun.
[AS.
[GREEK]icnes
.] The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Webster 1828 Edition
Thickness
THICK'NESS
,Noun.
1.
The state of being concrete or inspissated; consistence; spissitude; as the thickness of paint or mortar; the thickness of honey; the thickness of the blood.2.
The extent of a body from side to side, or from surface to surface; as the thickness of a tree; the thickness of a board; the thickness of the hand; the thickness of a layer of earth.3.
Closeness of the parts; the state of being crowded or near; as the thickness of trees in a forest; the thickness of a wood.4.
The state of being close, dense or impervious; as the thickness of shades.5.
Dullness of the sense of hearing; want of quickness or acuteness; as thickness of hearing.